Dempster-Shafer Theory in geographic information systems: A survey

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-55

  Malpica, J A ^a   Alonso, M C ^a   Sanz, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision making within GIS; Dempster Shafer Theory; Fusion of information; Theory of evidence; Uncertainty in GIS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION MAKING WITHIN GIS; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; FUSION OF INFORMATION; THEORY OF EVIDENCE; UNCERTAINTY IN GIS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748130327     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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