Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management

This paper describes the general concepts, meaning, and definitions of sustainability and proposes the use of soft methodologies, particularly fuzzy set theory, for its assessment. Basic elements and concepts of fuzzy sets are described, including membership functions and their interpretations in th...

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Main Authors: Mendoza, G.A., Prabhu, Ravi
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2003
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18960
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description This paper describes the general concepts, meaning, and definitions of sustainability and proposes the use of soft methodologies, particularly fuzzy set theory, for its assessment. Basic elements and concepts of fuzzy sets are described, including membership functions and their interpretations in the context of sustainable forest management. Moreover, fuzzy operators that can combine the operational concepts of sustainability, namely criteria and indicators are described. A simple illustrative example is described to demonstrate the application of these methodologies.
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spelling CGSpace189602025-01-24T14:19:45Z Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management Mendoza, G.A. Prabhu, Ravi forest management sustainability assessment indicators methodology This paper describes the general concepts, meaning, and definitions of sustainability and proposes the use of soft methodologies, particularly fuzzy set theory, for its assessment. Basic elements and concepts of fuzzy sets are described, including membership functions and their interpretations in the context of sustainable forest management. Moreover, fuzzy operators that can combine the operational concepts of sustainability, namely criteria and indicators are described. A simple illustrative example is described to demonstrate the application of these methodologies. 2003 2012-06-04T09:08:59Z 2012-06-04T09:08:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18960 en Mendoza, G.A., Prabhu, R. 2003. Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management . Ecological Indicators 3 :227-236.
spellingShingle forest management
sustainability
assessment
indicators
methodology
Mendoza, G.A.
Prabhu, Ravi
Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
title Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
title_full Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
title_fullStr Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
title_full_unstemmed Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
title_short Fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
title_sort fuzzy methods for assessing criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
topic forest management
sustainability
assessment
indicators
methodology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18960
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