An evidential reasoning approach to land degradation evaluation: Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 507-520

  Thiam, Amadou K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SYSTEMS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY OF EVIDENCE; EVIDENTIAL REASONING APPROACHES; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; FUZZY MEASURE THEORY; INTEGRATED EVALUATION; KNOWLEDGE USE; LAND DEGRADATION; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT TOOL; SCALINGS;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CARTOGRAPHY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; LAND DEGRADATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; MAURITANIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33745262563     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2005.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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