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Assessing the impacts of human uncertainty in the accuracy assessment of land-cover maps using linguistic scales and fuzzy intervals

Pedro SarmentoNOVA Information Management School, 1070-312Lisboa, Portugal;Institute for Systems Engineering and Computers at Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Cidália C. FonteInstitute for Systems Engineering and Computers at Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Department of Mathematics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9408-8100View further author information
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Joel DinisNOVA Information Management School, 1070-312Lisboa, PortugalView further author information
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Stephen V. StehmanSUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, USAView further author information
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Mário CaetanoNOVA Information Management School, 1070-312Lisboa, PortugalView further author information
Pages 2524-2547 | Received 25 Oct 2014, Accepted 12 Mar 2015, Published online: 12 May 2015

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