Application of rough set-based analysis to extract spatial relationship indicator rules: An example of land use in Pearl River Delta

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-117

  Ge, Yong ^a   Cao, Feng ^a   Du, Yunyan ^a   Lakhan, V Chris ^b   Wang, Yingjie ^a   Li, Deyu ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

land use change; rough set theory; spatial indicator rules; spatial relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952556550     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-011-0832-y     Document Type: Article

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