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Modelling Invasive Alien Plant Species: Fuzzy Based Uncertainty presents the application of different fuzzy set theory techniques in developing risk assessment models for invasive plant species- those whose introduction and spread outside their natural range threatens local biodiversity.
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Contents
List of Figures ...........................................................................................................ix
List of Tables...........................................................................................................xiii
Preface.....................................................................................................................xxi
Acknowledgments..................................................................................................xxv
Chapter 1 Invasive Alien Plant Species............................................................1
Chapter 2 Risk Assessment of Invasive Alien Plant Species ..........................7
Chapter 3 Preliminaries..................................................................................11
Chapter 4 Modeling Quantitative Parameters ................................................23
Chapter 5 Interval Function Approximation Techniques...............................39
Chapter 6 Modeling with the Fuzzy Linguistic Approach.............................49
Chapter 7 Modeling with the Fuzzy Linguistic 2-tuple Approach with Unbalanced
Linguistic Terms Set.......................................................73
Chapter 8 Evaluation of Invasion Risk with Quantitative Parameters ...........87
Chapter 9 Evaluation of Invasion Risk Intervals with Quantitative and Qualitative
Parameters.........................................................................113
Chapter 10 Evaluation of Invasion Risk Levels with Symmetrically Distributed
Linguistic Terms Sets.....................................................127
Chapter 11 Evaluation of Invasion Risk Levels with Asymmetrically Distributed
Linguistic Terms Sets.....................................................159
Bibliography .........................................................................................................173
Index......................................................................................................................181
Summary
Modelling Invasive Alien Plant Species: Fuzzy Based Uncertainty presents the application of different fuzzy set theory techniques in developing risk assessment models for invasive plant species- those whose introduction and spread outside their natural range threatens local biodiversity.
