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International Journal of Geographical Information Science Volume 21, 2007 - Issue 7
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Research Article

How complex can a land suitability map be?

Y. Diao Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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W. N. Xiang Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC 28223, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 747-755 | Received 17 Jul 2004, Accepted 11 Jul 2006, Published online: 14 Jun 2007
 
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Abstract

On a land suitability assessment map that is derived from an overlay of n parent maps, each bearing k land capability categories, how many permutations of land suitability ratings can there be when the rating scores are calculated by the commonly used rating and weighting method (RAW method)?

In the present paper, we estimate that this number is between .

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