Conserving the land: the resilience of riparian wetlands and river channels by a fuzzy inference system

This technical note is an attempt to embrace a fuzzy inference system (FIS) in proper functioning condition (PFC) methodology that previously involved manual calculation in river health assessment. In order to illustrate the capability of the FIS model, the riparian system along Kuap River of Kuchin...

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Main Authors: Mah, D.Y.S., Rosmina, Ahmad Bustami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Japan 2012
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2984/
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description This technical note is an attempt to embrace a fuzzy inference system (FIS) in proper functioning condition (PFC) methodology that previously involved manual calculation in river health assessment. In order to illustrate the capability of the FIS model, the riparian system along Kuap River of Kuching, Malaysia, is used as a case study. The accessibility of river water in floodplain, vegetative cover and disturbance to riverbank structure are treated as inputs, while the river health status is the consequence. The methodology showcases two steps: (1) developing fuzzy sets based on PFC criterions and (2) integrating the inputs with fuzzy rules on their influences to riparian wetlands. The modelling efforts demonstrate that the FIS-based PFC assessment can be applied successfully and provided superior performance with regard to expressing the resilience and sustainability of riparian systems by approximate reasoning and language description.
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spelling unimas-29842016-04-19T06:46:03Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2984/ Conserving the land: the resilience of riparian wetlands and river channels by a fuzzy inference system Mah, D.Y.S. Rosmina, Ahmad Bustami TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering This technical note is an attempt to embrace a fuzzy inference system (FIS) in proper functioning condition (PFC) methodology that previously involved manual calculation in river health assessment. In order to illustrate the capability of the FIS model, the riparian system along Kuap River of Kuching, Malaysia, is used as a case study. The accessibility of river water in floodplain, vegetative cover and disturbance to riverbank structure are treated as inputs, while the river health status is the consequence. The methodology showcases two steps: (1) developing fuzzy sets based on PFC criterions and (2) integrating the inputs with fuzzy rules on their influences to riparian wetlands. The modelling efforts demonstrate that the FIS-based PFC assessment can be applied successfully and provided superior performance with regard to expressing the resilience and sustainability of riparian systems by approximate reasoning and language description. Springer Japan 2012 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2984/1/10.1007%252Fs11625-011-0146-0 Mah, D.Y.S. and Rosmina, Ahmad Bustami (2012) Conserving the land: the resilience of riparian wetlands and river channels by a fuzzy inference system. Sustainability Science , 7 (2). pp. 267-272. ISSN 1862-4057 (Online)
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Mah, D.Y.S.
Rosmina, Ahmad Bustami
Conserving the land: the resilience of riparian wetlands and river channels by a fuzzy inference system
title Conserving the land: the resilience of riparian wetlands and river channels by a fuzzy inference system
title_full Conserving the land: the resilience of riparian wetlands and river channels by a fuzzy inference system
title_fullStr Conserving the land: the resilience of riparian wetlands and river channels by a fuzzy inference system
title_full_unstemmed Conserving the land: the resilience of riparian wetlands and river channels by a fuzzy inference system
title_short Conserving the land: the resilience of riparian wetlands and river channels by a fuzzy inference system
title_sort conserving the land: the resilience of riparian wetlands and river channels by a fuzzy inference system
topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2984/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2984/1/10.1007%252Fs11625-011-0146-0