Title
Machine learning to deal with uncertainty in knowledge base for multivariate clustering applied to spatial analysis
Date Issued
01 January 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA)
Abstract
We present a Tailor Made Machine Learning (TMML) methodology combining different clustering algorithms, spatial statistical methods and cartographic tools. The methodology is currently being programmed in an R package, especially designed to handle multivariate spatial datasets. We highlight the strengths of unsupervised clustering for the management of environmental health phenomena, also pointing out several uncertainty sources affecting the results of our analysis. In particular, we acknowledge that the traditional hierarchical clustering is usually applied without performing dynamic reallocations, integrating spatial key-concepts or discussing the quality of outputs. Therefore we describe the foundations of the TMML methodology, which is applied to deal with these uncertainties, as well as with the variety of possible outputs. The R functions are applied to the spatial dataset included in the package so to illustrate the procedure to apply for identifying the most accurate clustering output, in the context of a sustainable agriculture example in Luxembourg.
Start page
24
End page
30
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistemas de automatización, Sistemas de control
Agricultura
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84991408434
Conference
Proceedings of Spatial Accuracy 2016
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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