Using genetic algorithms for solving hard problems in GIS

GeoInformatica

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-413

  Van Dijk, Steven ^a   Thierens, Dirk ^a   De Berg, Mark ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Generalization; Genetic algorithms; Geographic information systems; Line simplification; Map labeling

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL CIRCUITS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LABELING;

LINE SIMPLIFICATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; DATA QUALITY; GEOMETRY; GIS; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0036924742     PISSN: 13846175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020809627892     Document Type: Article

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