The role of attribute selection in GIS representations of the biophysical environment

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-63

  Deng, Y X ^a   Wilson, J P ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribute selection; Environmental modeling; Fuzzy c means landform classification

Indexed keywords

GIS;

EID: 33644805209     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2006.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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