Forming spatially coherent regions by classification of multi-variate data: An example from the analysis of maps of crop yield

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-98

  Lark, R M ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CROP YIELD; FUZZY CLUSTERING; GIS; MAPPING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE DATA; SMOOTHING; SPATIALLY COHERENT DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031942069     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136588198242021     Document Type: Article

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