Environmental comprehensive assessment of agricultural systems at the farm level using fuzzy logic: A case study in cane farms in Iran

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-108

  Sami, Móslem ^a   Shiekhdavoodi, Mohammad Javad ^a   Pazhohanniya, Mostafa ^a   Pazhohanniya, Foroogh ^b  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cane farming; Environmental assessment; Fuzzy inference model; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

FUZZY LOGIC; INFERENCE ENGINES; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANE FARMING; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; DEFUZZIFICATION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FUZZY INFERENCE MODEL; FUZZY RULE-BASED MODELS; MAMDANI FUZZY INFERENCES; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXPERT SYSTEM; FARMING SYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUGAR CANE;

IRAN;

EID: 84902376523     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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