Using rough set theory to identify villages affected by birth defects: The example of heshun, shanxi, china

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-576

  Bai, Hexiang ^a   Ge, Yong ^a   Wang, Jin Feng ^a   Liao, Yi Lan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Neural tube birth defects; Rough set; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA INVERSION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GIS; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

CHINA; SHANXI;

EID: 77949502687     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810902960079     Document Type: Article

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