Area aggregation in map generalisation by mixed-integer programming

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1871-1897

  Haunert, Jan Henrik ^a,c   Wolff, Alexander ^b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Combinatorial optimisation; Map generalisation; Mixed integer programming; NP hardness

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; MAP GENERALIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 78649558781     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810903401008     Document Type: Article

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