An application of advanced spatio-temporal formalisms to behavioural ecology

GeoInformatica

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-72

  Raffaeta A ^a   Ceccarelli, T ^b   Centeno, D ^d   Giannotti, F ^b   Massolo, A ^e   Parent, C ^f   Renso, C ^b   Spaccapietra, S ^d   Turini, F ^c  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioural ecology; Conceptual modelling; Constraint programming; Geographical information systems; Spatio temporal reasoning

Indexed keywords

CASE BASED REASONING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; CONSTRAINT PROGRAMMING; SPATIO-TEMPORAL REASONING;

ECOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA MANAGEMENT; GIS; MODELING; RODENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; HYSTRIX CRISTATA;

EID: 39349092365     PISSN: 13846175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10707-006-0016-6     Document Type: Article

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