Bioregion classification using model-based clustering: A case study in North Eastern Queensland

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1326-1332

  Accad, A ^a   Low Choy, S ^b   Pullar, D ^c   Rochester, W ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bioregions; Clustering; Finite mixture models; GIS; Statistical modelling; Subregion

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOREGIONS; CLUSTERING; FINITE MIXTURE MODELS; STATISTICAL MODELLING; SUBREGION; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; MODEL BASED APPROACH; MODEL-BASED CLUSTERING; PLANNING FRAMEWORK; VEGETATION COMMUNITY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; DECISION MAKING;

EID: 80053114360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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