Mapping type 2 change in fuzzy land cover

NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 167-186

  Arnot, Charles ^a   Fisher, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bounded difference; Forest; Fuzzy change analysis; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy sets; Land cover mapping; Savanna; Type 2 fuzzy sets

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548694739     PISSN: 18714668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6438-8_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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