Are landscapes as crisp as we may think?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 204, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 535-539

  Rocchini, Duccio ^a   Ricotta, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crisp classification; Ecosystem complexity; Fuzzy set theory; Fuzzy union operator; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CRISP CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM COMPLEXITY; FUZZY UNION OPERATORS; LANDSCAPES; THEMATIC CLASS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; LANDSCAPE; THEMATIC MAPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247542576     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.12.028     Document Type: Article

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