Incompleteness, error, approximation, and uncertainty: An ontological approach to data quality

NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 107-131

  Frank, Andrew U ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Approximation; Error; Error ontology; Incompleteness; Spatial data quality; Spatial ontology; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548673536     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6438-8_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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