Indicators and a Neuro-Fuzzy Based Model for the Evaluation of Water Supply Sustainability

Water Resources Management

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 3683-3698

  Halkijevic, Ivan ^a   Vukovic, Zivko ^a   Vouk, Drazen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Neuro fuzzy evaluation of sustainability; Sustainability indicators; Sustainability quantification; Water supply system sustainability

Indexed keywords

FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; NEURO-FUZZY; NEURO-FUZZY-BASED MODELS; STRONG SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MODELING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CROATIA;

EID: 85018696202     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-017-1695-5     Document Type: Article

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