Ecosystem Model for Environmental Applications

This paper aims to build a system based on fuzzy models that can be implemented in the assessment of ecological systems, to determine appropriate methods of action for reducing adverse effects on environmental and implicit the population. The model proposed provides new perspective for environmental assessment, and it can be used as a practical instrument for decision –making.

• Cristina Schreiner
• Romeo Ciobanu
• Marius Pislaru

• Ecosystem model
• Environmental security
• Fuzzy logic
• Sustainability of habitable regions.

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