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Fuzzy Set Approaches to Model Uncertainty in Spatial Data and Geographic Information Systems

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Computing with Words in Information/Intelligent Systems 2

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing ((STUDFUZZ,volume 34))

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Issues of modeling uncertainty in spatial data is particularly suitable for the use of fuzzy set approaches. We survey the broader existing concerns on accuracy and uncertainty in the GIS community in the development of geographical information systems. In particular we note the current emphasis on the area by very significant government agencies and consortiums. Then we consider the issues involved in developing the modeling of uncertain spatial in the natural framework of object-oriented databases. Finally we give a specific approach for spatial directional relationships using an extension of Allen’s temporal relationships with fuzzy modeling to provide a natural linguistic querying of a spatial database or geographic information system.

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  1. Center for Intelligent and Knowledge- Based Systems, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA

    Frederick E. Petry & Ashley Morris

  2. Department of Computer Science and Statistics, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, USA

    Maria Cobb

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  1. Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC), Computer Science Division and Electronics Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, 94720-1776, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Lotfi A. Zadeh

  2. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Newelska 6, 01-447, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

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Petry, F.E., Cobb, M., Morris, A. (1999). Fuzzy Set Approaches to Model Uncertainty in Spatial Data and Geographic Information Systems. In: Zadeh, L.A., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Computing with Words in Information/Intelligent Systems 2. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 34. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1872-7_16

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