Fuzzy objects for geographical information systems

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-36

  Cross, Valerie ^a   Firat, Aykut ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

FUZZY OBJECT DATA MODELS; OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASES;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 0033740262     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(99)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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