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Fuzzy Modeling with Spatial Information for Geographic Problems

Author : Frederick E. Petry
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540268863
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Fuzzy Modeling with Spatial Information for Geographic Problems by : Frederick E. Petry

Download or read book Fuzzy Modeling with Spatial Information for Geographic Problems written by Frederick E. Petry and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The capabilities of modern technology are rapidly increasing, spurred on to a large extent by the tremendous advances in communications and computing. Automated vehicles and global wireless connections are some examples of these advances. In order to take advantage of such enhanced capabilities, our need to model and manipulate our knowledge of the geophysical world, using compatible representations, is also rapidly increasing. In response to this one fundamental issue of great concern in modern geographical research is how to most effectively capture the physical world around us in systems like geographical information systems (GIS). Making this task even more challenging is the fact that uncertainty plays a pervasive role in the representation, analysis and use of geospatial information. The types of uncertainty that appear in geospatial information systems are not the just simple randomness of observation, as in weather data, but are manifested in many other forms including imprecision, incompleteness and granularization. Describing the uncertainty of the boundaries of deserts and mountains clearly require different tools than those provided by probability theory. The multiplicity of modalities of uncertainty appearing in GIS requires a variety of formalisms to model these uncertainties. In light of this it is natural that fuzzy set theory has become a topic of intensive interest in many areas of geographical research and applications This volume, Fuzzy Modeling with Spatial Information for Geographic Problems, provides many stimulating examples of advances in geographical research based on approaches using fuzzy sets and related technologies.

The SAGE Handbook of Spatial Analysis

Author : A Stewart Fotheringham
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446206505
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Spatial Analysis written by A Stewart Fotheringham and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-12-22 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widespread use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) has significantly increased the demand for knowledge about spatial analytical techniques across a range of disciplines. As growing numbers of researchers realise they are dealing with spatial data, the demand for specialised statistical and mathematical methods designed to deal with spatial data is undergoing a rapid increase. Responding to this demand, The Handbook of Spatial Analysis is a comprehensive and authoritative discussion of issues and techniques in the field of Spatial Data Analysis. Its principal focus is on: • why the analysis of spatial data needs separate treatment • the main areas of spatial analysis • the key debates within spatial analysis • examples of the application of various spatial analytical techniques • problems in spatial analysis • areas for future research Aimed at an international audience of academics, The Handbook of Spatial Analysis will also prove essential to graduate level students and researchers in government agencies and the private sector.

Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process

Author : Yuji Murayama
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400706715
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process by : Yuji Murayama

Download or read book Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Geographical Transformation Process written by Yuji Murayama and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-02-26 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, spatial analysis is becoming more important than ever because enormous volumes of spatial data are available from different sources, such as GPS, Remote Sensing, and others. This book deals with spatial analysis and modelling. It provides a comprehensive discussion of spatial analysis, methods, and approaches related to human settlements and associated environment. Key contributions with empirical case studies from Iran, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, and Japan that apply spatial analysis including autocorrelation, fuzzy, voronoi, cellular automata, analytic hierarchy process, artificial neural network, spatial metrics, spatial statistics, regression, and remote sensing mapping techniques are compiled comprehensively. The core value of this book is a wide variety of results with state of the art discussion including empirical case studies. It provides a milestone reference to students, researchers, planners, and other practitioners dealing the spatial problems on urban and regional issues. We are pleased to announce that this book has been presented with the 2011 publishing award from the GIS Association of Japan. We would like to congratulate the authors!

Fuzzy Surfaces in GIS and Geographical Analysis

Author : Weldon Lodwick
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420006177
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Fuzzy Surfaces in GIS and Geographical Analysis by : Weldon Lodwick

Download or read book Fuzzy Surfaces in GIS and Geographical Analysis written by Weldon Lodwick and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surfaces are a central to geographical analysis. Their generation and manipulation are a key component of geographical information systems (GISs). However, geographical surface data is often not precise. When surfaces are used to model geographical entities, the data inherently contains uncertainty in terms of both position and attribute. Fuzzy

Methods for Handling Imperfect Spatial Information

Author : Robert Jeansoulin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642147542
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Book Synopsis Methods for Handling Imperfect Spatial Information by : Robert Jeansoulin

Download or read book Methods for Handling Imperfect Spatial Information written by Robert Jeansoulin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spatial information is pervaded by uncertainty. Indeed, geographical data is often obtained by an imperfect interpretation of remote sensing images, while people attach ill-defined or ambiguous labels to places and their properties. As another example, medical images are often the result of measurements by imprecise sensors (e.g. MRI scans). Moreover, by processing spatial information in real-world applications, additional uncertainty is introduced, e.g. due to the use of interpolation/extrapolation techniques or to conflicts that are detected in an information fusion step. To the best of our knowledge, this book presents the first overview of spatial uncertainty which goes beyond the setting of geographical information systems. Uncertainty issues are especially addressed from a representation and reasoning point of view. In particular, the book consists of 14 chapters, which are clustered around three central topics. The first of these topics is about the uncertainty in meaning of linguistic descriptions of spatial scenes. Second, the issue of reasoning about spatial relations and dealing with inconsistency in information merging is studied. Finally, interpolation and prediction of spatial phenomena are investigated, both at the methodological level and from an application-oriented perspective. The concept of uncertainty by itself is understood in a broad sense, including both quantitative and more qualitative approaches, dealing with variability, epistemic uncertainty, as well as with vagueness of terms.

Uncertainty Approaches for Spatial Data Modeling and Processing

Author : Janusz Kacprzyk
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642106625
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Book Synopsis Uncertainty Approaches for Spatial Data Modeling and Processing by : Janusz Kacprzyk

Download or read book Uncertainty Approaches for Spatial Data Modeling and Processing written by Janusz Kacprzyk and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor Ashley Morris who passed away some two years ago. Ashley was a close friend of all of us, the editors of this volume, and was also a Ph.D. student of one of us. We all had a chance to not only fully appreciate, and be inspired by his contributions, which have had a considerable impact on the entire research community. Due to our personal relations with Ashley, we also had an opportunity to get familiar with his deep thinking about the areas of his expertise and interests. Ashley has been involved since the very beginning of his professional career in database research and practice. Notably, he introduced first some novel solution in database management systems that could handle imprecise and uncertain data, and flexible queries based on imprecisely specified user interests. He proposed to use for that purpose fuzzy logic as an effective and efficient tool. Later the interests of Ashley moved to ways of how to represent and manipulate more complicated databases involving spatial or temporal objects. In this research he discovered and pursued the power of Geographic Information Systems (GISs). These two main lines of Ashley’s research interests and contributions are reflected in the composition of this volume. Basically, we collected some significant papers by well known researchers and scholars on the above mentioned topics. The particular contributions will now be briefly summarized to help the reader get a view of the topics covered and the contents of the particular contributions.

Innovations in Bio-inspired Computing and Applications

Author : Ajith Abraham
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319017810
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Innovations in Bio-inspired Computing and Applications by : Ajith Abraham

Download or read book Innovations in Bio-inspired Computing and Applications written by Ajith Abraham and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing contains accepted papers presented at IBICA2013, the 4th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-inspired Computing and Applications. The aim of IBICA 2013 was to provide a platform for world research leaders and practitioners, to discuss the full spectrum of current theoretical developments, emerging technologies, and innovative applications of Bio-inspired Computing. Bio-inspired Computing is currently one of the most exciting research areas, and it is continuously demonstrating exceptional strength in solving complex real life problems. The main driving force of the conference is to further explore the intriguing potential of Bio-inspired Computing. IBICA 2013 was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic and hosted by the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava.

Advances in Fuzzy Object-oriented Databases

Author : Zongmin Ma
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 9781591403852
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Fuzzy Object-oriented Databases by : Zongmin Ma

Download or read book Advances in Fuzzy Object-oriented Databases written by Zongmin Ma and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will get a complete understanding of the notions, techniques, and methods related to the research and developments of fuzzy object-oriented databases from the book, which will serve as a starting point and a reference for their research and developments."--BOOK JACKET.

GeoComputation, Second Edition

Author : Robert J. Abrahart
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466503289
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Book Synopsis GeoComputation, Second Edition by : Robert J. Abrahart

Download or read book GeoComputation, Second Edition written by Robert J. Abrahart and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revision of Openshaw and Abrahart’s seminal work, GeoComputation, Second Edition retains influences of its originators while also providing updated, state-of-the-art information on changes in the computational environment. In keeping with the field’s development, this new edition takes a broader view and provides comprehensive coverage across the field of GeoComputation. See What’s New in the Second Edition: Coverage of ubiquitous computing, the GeoWeb, reproducible research, open access, and agent-based modelling Expanded chapter on Genetic Programming and a separate chapter developed on Evolutionary Algorithms Ten chapters updated by the same or new authors and eight new chapters added to reflect state of the art Each chapter is a stand-alone entity that covers a particular topic. You can simply dip in and out or read it from cover to cover. The opening chapter by Stan Openshaw has been preserved, with only a limited number of minor essential modifications having been enacted. This is not just a matter of respect. Openshaw’s work is eloquent, prophetic, and his overall message remains largely unchanged. In contrast to other books on this subject, GeoComputation: Second Edition supplies a state-of-the-art review of all major areas in GeoComputation with chapters written especially for this book by invited specialists. This approach helps develop and expand a computational culture, one that can exploit the ever-increasing richness of modern geographical and geospatial datasets. It also supplies an instructional guide to be kept within easy reach for regular access and when need arises.

International Encyclopedia of Geography, 15 Volume Set

Author : Noel Castree
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470659637
Total Pages : 8364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Book Synopsis International Encyclopedia of Geography, 15 Volume Set by : Noel Castree

Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Geography, 15 Volume Set written by Noel Castree and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 8364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing the definitive reference work for this broad and dynamic field, The International Encyclopedia of Geography arises from an unprecedented collaboration between Wiley and the American Association of Geographers (AAG) to review and define the concepts, research, and techniques in geography and interrelated fields. Available as a robust online resource and as a 15-volume full-color print set, the Encyclopedia assembles a truly global group of scholars for a comprehensive, authoritative overview of geography around the world. Contains more than 1,000 entries ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 words offering accessible introductions to basic concepts, sophisticated explanations of complex topics, and information on geographical societies around the world Assembles a truly global group of more than 900 scholars hailing from over 40 countries, for a comprehensive, authoritative overview of geography around the world Provides definitive coverage of the field, encompassing human geography, physical geography, geographic information science and systems, earth studies, and environmental science Brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on geographical topics and techniques of interest across the social sciences, humanities, science, and medicine Features full color throughout the print version and more than 1,000 illustrations and photographs Annual updates to online edition

Modelling Environmental Dynamics

Author : Martin Paegelow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540684980
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Modelling Environmental Dynamics written by Martin Paegelow and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-07-16 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modelling environmental dynamics is critical to understanding and predicting the evolution of the environment in response to the large number of influences including urbanisation, climate change and deforestation. Simulation and modelling provide support for decision making in environmental management. The first chapter introduces terminology and provides an overview of methodological modelling approaches which may be applied to environmental and complex dynamics. Based on this introduction this book illustrates various models applied to a large variety of themes: deforestation in tropical regions, fire risk, natural reforestation in European mountains, agriculture, biodiversity, urbanism, climate change and land management for decision support, etc. These case studies, provided by a large international spectrum of researchers and presented in a uniform structure, focus particularly on methods and model validation so that this book is not only aimed at researchers and graduates but also at professionals.

Geographic Uncertainty in Environmental Security

Author : Ashley Morris
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402064365
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Geographic Uncertainty in Environmental Security written by Ashley Morris and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-19 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features papers presented at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop, help in Kyiv, Ukraine, in July 2006. The workshop focused on how uncertainty and fuzziness can be better modeled and implemented in Geographic Information Science to help decision makers make more informed choices, especially as they pertain to environmental security and protection, and brought together top researchers from both NATO countries as well as partner countries.

Fifty Years of Fuzzy Logic and its Applications

Author : Dan E. Tamir
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319196839
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Fifty Years of Fuzzy Logic and its Applications written by Dan E. Tamir and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-23 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive report on the evolution of Fuzzy Logic since its formulation in Lotfi Zadeh’s seminal paper on “fuzzy sets,” published in 1965. In addition, it features a stimulating sampling from the broad field of research and development inspired by Zadeh’s paper. The chapters, written by pioneers and prominent scholars in the field, show how fuzzy sets have been successfully applied to artificial intelligence, control theory, inference, and reasoning. The book also reports on theoretical issues; features recent applications of Fuzzy Logic in the fields of neural networks, clustering, data mining and software testing; and highlights an important paradigm shift caused by Fuzzy Logic in the area of uncertainty management. Conceived by the editors as an academic celebration of the fifty years’ anniversary of the 1965 paper, this work is a must-have for students and researchers willing to get an inspiring picture of the potentialities, limitations, achievements and accomplishments of Fuzzy Logic-based systems.

Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science

Author : Karen Kemp
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412913136
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science written by Karen Kemp and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geographic information science (GIScience) is an emerging field that combines aspects of many different disciplines. Spatial literacy is rapidly becoming recognized as a new, essential pier of basic education, alongside grammatical, logical and mathematical literacy. By incorporating location as an essential but often overlooked characteristic of what we seek to understand in the natural and built environment, geographic information science (GIScience) and systems (GISystems) provide the conceptual foundation and tools to explore this new frontier. The Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science covers the essence of this exciting, new, and expanding field in an easily understood but richly detailed style. In addition to contributions from some of the best recognized scholars in GIScience, this volume contains contributions from experts in GIS' supporting disciplines who explore how their disciplinary perspectives are expanded within the context of GIScienceâ€"what changes when consideration of location is added, what complexities in analytical procedures are added when we consider objects in 2, 3 or even 4 dimensions, what can we gain by visualizing our analytical results on a map or 3D display? Key Features Brings together GIScience literature that is spread widely across the academic spectrum Offers details about the key foundations of GIScience, no matter what their disciplinary origins Elucidates vocabulary that is an amalgam of all of these fields Key Themes Conceptual Foundations Cartography and Visualization Design Aspects Data Manipulation Data Modeling Geocomputation Geospatial Data Societal Issues Spatial Analysis Organizational and Institutional Aspects The Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science is an important resource for academic and corporate libraries.

Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2008

Author : Osvaldo Gervasi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540698396
Total Pages : 1268 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Book Synopsis Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2008 by : Osvaldo Gervasi

Download or read book Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2008 written by Osvaldo Gervasi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-06-28 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set is assembled following the 2008 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2008, a premium int- national event held in Perugia, Italy, from June 30 to July 3, 2008. The collection of fully refereed high-quality original works accepted as theme papers for presentation at ICCSA 2008 are published in this LNCS proceedings set. This outstanding collection complements the volume of workshop papers, traditionally published by IEEE Computer Society. The continuous support of computational science researchers has helped ICCSA to become a ?rmly established forum in the area of scienti?c computing and the conference itself become a recurring scienti?c and professional meeting that cannot be given up. The computational science ?eld, based on fundamental disciplines such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry, is ?nding new computational approaches to foster the human progress in heterogeneous and fundamental areas such as aerospace and automotive industries, bioinformatics and nanotechnology studies, networks and grid computing, computational geometry and biometrics, computer education, virtual reality, and art. Due to the growing complexity of many ch- lenges in computational science, the use of sophisticated algorithms and eme- ing technologies is inevitable. Together, these far-reaching scienti?c areas help to shape this conference in the areas of state-of-the-art computational science research and applications, encompassing the facilitating theoretical foundations and the innovative applications of such results in other areas.

Foundations of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing

Author : Patricia Melin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540729178
Total Pages : 836 pages
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Book Synopsis Foundations of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing by : Patricia Melin

Download or read book Foundations of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing written by Patricia Melin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises a selection of papers from IFSA 2007 on new methods and theories that contribute to the foundations of fuzzy logic and soft computing. Coverage includes the application of fuzzy logic and soft computing in flexible querying, philosophical and human-scientific aspects of soft computing, search engine and information processing and retrieval, as well as intelligent agents and knowledge ant colony.

Integrating Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS

Author : Dale A. Quattrochi
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315356252
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Book Synopsis Integrating Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS by : Dale A. Quattrochi

Download or read book Integrating Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS written by Dale A. Quattrochi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating Scale in Remote Sensing and GIS serves as the most comprehensive documentation of the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place in integrating scale and remote sensing data. This work addresses the invariants of scale, the ability to change scale, measures of the impact of scale, scale as a parameter in process models, and the implementation of multiscale approaches as methods and techniques for integrating multiple kinds of remote sensing data collected at varying spatial, temporal, and radiometric scales. Researchers, instructors, and students alike will benefit from a guide that has been pragmatically divided into four thematic groups: scale issues and multiple scaling; physical scale as applied to natural resources; urban scale; and human health/social scale. Teeming with insights that elucidate the significance of scale as a foundation for geographic analysis, this book is a vital resource to those seriously involved in the field of GIScience.