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A Fuzzy Identity-Based Temporal GIS for the Analysis of Geomorphometry Changes

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Journal on Data Semantics III

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((JODS,volume 3534))

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Despite recent progress in the development of temporal Geographical Information Systems (GIS) there is still a lack of methodological integration with geophysical models oriented to the study of Earth changes. This paper introduces a temporal GIS modelling approach which complements a process-based geomorphological experimental apparatus that simulates erosion-sedimentation phenomena over a geological period of time. We combine a field-based with a discrete-based observation of forms and changes at different levels of abstraction. A fuzzy-based model of evolution is introduced and allows for an approximation of changes and processes. State transitions are fuzzy-valued and complemented by a quantitative analysis of change patterns.

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    Myriem Sriti, Remy Thibaud & Christophe Claramunt

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Sriti, M., Thibaud, R., Claramunt, C. (2005). A Fuzzy Identity-Based Temporal GIS for the Analysis of Geomorphometry Changes. In: Spaccapietra, S., Zimányi, E. (eds) Journal on Data Semantics III. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3534. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11496168_4

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