Intelligent Spatial Decision Support Systems
By: by Yee Leung
Series: Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series; Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9783642645211; 9783642607141
Subjects: Information systems; Geographic information systems; Economics; Regional economics
Description: This book lays a foundation on the conceptual, theoretical, system-development, and application perspectives of intelligent spatial decision support systems. Departing from conventional approaches that only concentrate on model-data integration, the author places emphasis on the artificial intelligence approach to spatial decision support. In addition to the employment of models, it is argued that systems that can perform commonsense reasoning are of paramount importance in spatial decision support. Fundamental concepts of knowledge representation and inference in spatial decision support systems are investigated. Both the symbolic and distributed approaches are examined. Automatic knowledge acquisition by genetic algorithms is discussed.
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Table of contents: title: From the contents: Symbolic Approaches to Spatial Knowledge Representation and Inference; title: Fuzzy Logic Approaches to Spatial Knowledge Representation and Inference; title: Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge Representation and Inference; title: Neural Network Approaches to Spatial Knowledge Representation and Inference; title: Knowledge Acquisition for Spatial Inference - The Case of Genetic Algorithms; title: Spatial Data Models and Data Structures; title: Management of Models in Spatial Decision Support Systems; title: An Expert System Shell for Building Spatial-Decision-Support-System Development Tool; title: A Spatial Decision Support System for Flood Simulation and Damage Assessment Using FLESS; title: An Object-Oriented Expert System Shell for Building Spatial Decision Support Systems. - Conclusion; title: References; title: Index.