Individual and multipersonal fuzzy spatial relations acquired using human-machine interaction

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-145

  Robinson, V B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Empirical research; Geographic information systems; Membership functions; Spatial relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000166633     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(99)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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