Qualitative spatial representation and reasoning for data integration of ocean observing systems

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 474-484

  Li, Longzhuang ^a   Guardiola, Jose ^a   Liu, Yonghuai ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; DATA SOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; GULF OF MEXICO; IN-SITU; OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS; REASONING TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL FEATURES; SPATIAL RELEVANCE; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; STATISTIC-BASED; TOPOLOGICAL RELATIONS;

DATA HANDLING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; GEOSTATISTICS; HEURISTICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 80053386233     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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