GEOGRAPHY AND FUZZY MATHEMATICS

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  • Institute of Geography, Academia Sinica

Received date: 1982-10-05

  Revised date: 1983-04-28

  Online published: 1984-03-15

Abstract

Geography is a branch of comprehensive basic science. In geoscience the problems are so complex and multivariable that we need wide knowledge and a wealth of data to study them from many sides and various angles. So it is necessary to have an aid of a computer in the research. But at the same time it also makes a lot of problems uncertain and difficult to be solved by traditional mathematics.Fuzzy mathematics is a new branch of mathematics, which is a useful means to resolve the uncertain issues, like a bridge leading from qualitative to quantitative way.Obviously, since geography has a great number of fuzzy concepts and fuzzy logics, so fuzzy mathematics will be useful in the near future at least in concept-definition, synthetical evaluation, classification and regionalization, genetic analysis,paleo-environmental analysis, remote sensing,informational interpretation as well as in macroscopic analysis.

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Li Juzhang . GEOGRAPHY AND FUZZY MATHEMATICS[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 1984 , 3(1) : 96 -101 . DOI: 10.11821/yj1984010014

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