Assessing the accuracy of spatial simulation models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 181-198

  Couto, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Entropy; Fuzzy sets; Hard fuzzy classifications; Spatial simulation models

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENTROPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0347996155     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00176-5     Document Type: Article

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