A real-time adaptive sampling method for field mapping in Patchy, heterogeneous environments

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-53

  Graniero, Phil A ^a   Robinson, Vincent B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SET THEORY;

ADAPTIVE SAMPLING METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD MAPPING; FUZZY FUNCTION; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; REAL- TIME; SAMPLING METHOD; SIMPLE SAMPLINGS; SIMPLE++;

DATA ACQUISITION;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HETEROGENEITY; MAPPING; PARAMETERIZATION; PATCHINESS; SAMPLING;

EID: 0037285154     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9671.00128     Document Type: Article

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