An algorithm for spatially constrained classification of categorical and continuous soil properties

Geoderma

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 504-523

  Simbahan, Gregorio C ^a   Dobermann, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical information; Cluster analysis; Spatial classification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

CATEGORICAL INFORMATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SPATIAL CLASSIFICATION;

SOILS;

ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 33751225927     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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