Fuzzy Modeling for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal Estimation in Free-Water Surface Constructed Wetlands

Environmental Processes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages 65-79

  Kotti, Irini P ^a   Sylaios, Georgios K ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Free water surface constructed wetlands; Fuzzy inference systems; Modeling; Nitrogen removal; Phosphorus removal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; ESTIMATION; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; MODELS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (CWS); FREE WATER SURFACES; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; SATISFACTORY MODELING;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

EID: 84988449021     PISSN: 21987491     EISSN: 21987505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40710-016-0177-8     Document Type: Article

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