Accounting for spatial uncertainty in optimization with spatial decision support systems

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-230

  Aerts, Jeroen C J H ^a   Heuvelink, Gerard B M ^b   Goodchild, Michael F ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SURVEYING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALLOCATION PLANS; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROBLEM; SKI RUNS; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037358267     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9671.00141     Document Type: Article

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