The use of Dempster-Shafer model and GIS in integration of geoscientific data for porphyry copper potential mapping, North of Shahr-e-Babak, Iran

ITC Journal

Volumn 2002, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 65-74

  Tangestani, Majid Hashemi ^a   Moore, Farid ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Belief; Combination; Evidential function; Exploration; GIS; Knowledge driven; Plausibility; Support; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

GIS; MAPPING; PORPHYRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 0036705480     PISSN: 03032434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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