Cluster recognition in spatial-temporal sequences: The case of forest fires

GeoInformatica

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 653-673

  Vega Orozco, Carmen ^a   Tonini, Marj ^a   Conedera, Marco ^b   Kanveski, Mikhail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Forest fires; Permutation model; Point patterns; Space time scan statistics

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA VISUALIZATION; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; LIGHTNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CLUSTER RECOGNITION; FOREST FIRES; POINT PATTERNS; RESULTS VISUALIZATION; SCAN STATISTICS; STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOCHASTIC POINT PROCESS;

FIRES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FOREST FIRE; GIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; GIS; LIGHTNING; STATISTICS;

SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

EID: 84867086776     PISSN: 13846175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10707-012-0161-z     Document Type: Article

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