Statistical consensus methods for improving predictive geomorphology maps

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 615-625

  Marmion, Mathieu ^a   Hjort, Jan ^b   Thuiller, Wilfried ^c   Luoto, Miska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

AUC; Landforms; Predictive modelling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; AUC; CONSENSUS METHODS; EARTH SURFACE PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE ACCURACIES; PREDICTIVE MODELLING; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE; RECEIVER-OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SUB-ARCTIC; TEST DATUM; UNCERTAINTY; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

LANDFORMS;

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM; MAP; MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 60249099922     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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