Infometric and statistical diagnostic to provide artificially-intelligent support for spatial analysis: The example of interpolation

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-516

  Jarvis, Claire H ^a   Stuart, Neil ^b   Cooper, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; GIS; INTERPOLATION; METHODOLOGY; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141837851     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1365881031000114099     Document Type: Article

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