Linguistic modelling of imperfect spatial information as a basis for simplifying spatial analysis

Information Sciences

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 366-389

  Bordogna, Gloria ^a   Chiesa, Sergio ^a   Geneletti, Davide ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental impact assessment; Fuzzy object based data model; Imperfect spatial information; Indeterminate spatial relationships; Linguistic qualifiers; Possibility theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FUZZY SETS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUZZY OBJECT-BASED DATA MODEL; IMPERFECT SPATIAL INFORMATION; INDETERMINATE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP; LINGUISTIC QUALIFIERS; POSSIBILITY THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS;

EID: 27844447670     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2005.07.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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