Fuzzy inference systems for prospectivity modeling of mineral systems and a case-study for prospectivity mapping of surficial Uranium in Yeelirrie Area, Western Australia

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 839-852

  Porwal, Alok ^a   Das, Rahul Deb ^a,b   Chaudhary, Babita ^a   Gonzalez Alvarez, Ignacio ^c   Kreuzer, Oliver ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Corporate Geoscience Group ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Fuzzy inference systems; Mineral prospectivity modeling; Mineral systems approach; Surficial uranium; Western Australia; Yeelirrie

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DEPOSITS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; MINERALS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; MINERAL SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YEELIRRIE;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MAPPING; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING; URANIUM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84938975303     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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