Pattern based map comparisons

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-164

  White, Roger ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster size frequency dimension; Fuzzy comparison; Pattern similarity; Polygon matching; Radial dimension

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MAP;

EID: 33646727338     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-006-0026-9     Document Type: Article

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