Fuzzy Set Theory Based Model for Simulating Land Use Change

摘要：

The land use change is a progressive and non-deterministic process both spatially and temporally.In dealing with this relatively complicated spatial phenomenon,the Fuzzy Set theory could be employed to represent and handle the spatial uncertainty in the two-dimension continuous space.This study thus combines this theory with the shape interpolation technique to simulate the change of land use across space over time.Specifically,the Fuzzy Set theory is used for producing a set of intermediate fuzzy layers of geographic features based on two existing ultimate layers.Here the fuzzy membership functions are constructed by a statistic method related to the theory of probability.With a given space-time resolution,the utilization of shape interpolation is aimed at determining the particular location of a geographic entity.Using Nantong City of Jiangsu Province as a case study,the transition progress from non-urban area to urban area between 2001 and 2006 is empirically implemented.The research results are obtained in accordance the realistic situation of urban growth in Nantong City.

关键词： fuzzy set theory interpolation urban area transition

作者: Ge Ying Li Xinyu Wu Ye Yan Weibiao

作者单位: College of Civil Engineering,Hohai Univ.,1 Xikang Road,Nanjing,210098,China College of Civil Engineering,University of Technology,Nanjing,210093,China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第16届国际地理信息科学与技术大会(16th International Conference on GeoInformatics and the Joint Conference)

会议地点: 广州

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-06-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）