A Mamdani fuzzy inference approach for assessing ecological security in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration, China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 94, Issue , 2018, Pages 386-396

  Sun, J ^a,b   Li, Y P ^b,c   Gao, P P ^a,b   Xia, B C ^d  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; Ecological security; Mamdani fuzzy inference; PSR model; Urban agglomeration

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUZZY LOGIC; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL SECURITY; MAMDANI FUZZY INFERENCES; PSR MODELS; URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

AGGLOMERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE; MODEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION GROWTH; SECURITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; DONGGUAN; FOSHAN; GUANGDONG; HUIZHOU; JIANGMEN; SHENZHEN; ZHAOQING; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 85049747639     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.011     Document Type: Article

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