Computation with imprecise geospatial data

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-106

  Worboys, Michael ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SET THEORY;

IMPRECISE GEOSPATIAL DATA; ROUGH SET THEORY;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER VISION; DATA QUALITY; THEORY;

EID: 0032029220     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-9715(98)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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