Imprecise reasoning in geographic information systems

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-131

  Guesgen, Hans W ^a   Albrecht, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Geographic information systems; Qualitative spatial reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001973463     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(99)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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