Methods for Handling Imperfect Spatial Information

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jeansoulin, Robert (Editor), Papini, Odile (Editor), Prade, Henri (Editor), Schockaert, Steven (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, 256
• Subjects: Engineering.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

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 measurem...