Fuzzification of continuous-value spatial evidence for mineral prospectivity mapping

Computers & Geosciences - Tập 74 - Trang 97-109 - 2015
Mahyar Yousefi1, Emmanuel John M. Carranza2
1Faculty of Engineering, Malayer University, Malayer 65719-95863, Iran#TAB#
2Department of Earth and Oceans, James Cook University, Queensland, Australia#TAB#

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