In this study we explored the potential of multi-temporal IRS P6 (Resourcesat) Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) data for mapping of LULC for Delhi, India. The study presents the result of a decision tree classification of seasonal composite data (three seasons). The study has identified 13 classes with description of cropping pattern namely, double crops, kharif, rabi and zaid from 56 m spati...

Starting in 2009, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) began the process of generating annual crop type digital maps using satellite imagery. Focusing on the Prairie Provinces in 2009 and 2010, a Decision Tree (DT) based methodology was applied using optical (Landsat, Resourcesat-1, DMC, SPOT) and radar (Radarsat-2) imagery. Starting with the 2011 growing season, this activity was extended t...

Strategies and associated philosophical underpinnings that fall under the rubric of “student-centered” or “inquiry-based” aim to help students develop the intellectual maturity needed to become independent, flexible, self-correcting learners able to make sophisticated analyses and reasoned decisions (McNeal and D’Avanzo, 1997). While the goals of studentactive learning are relatively easy to ar...

In 2004, The George Washington University received funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop a web-based emergency preparedness course for nurses. The purpose of the course was to provide training that would be accessible regardless of work setting or location. In designing the course, the development team used algorithmic decision making as a conceptual framework to tran...

In this paper we propose the use of Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM) models for decision making through simulations. FCMs create models as collections of concepts and the various causal relations that exist between these concepts. The concepts are represented by nodes and the causal relationships by directed arcs between the nodes. Each arc is accompanied by a weight that defines the type of causal re...

Tolman proposed that complex animal behavior is mediated by the cognitive map, an integrative learning system that allows animals to reconfigure previous experience in order to compute predictions about the future. The discovery of place cells in the rodent hippocampus immediately suggested a plausible neural mechanism to fulfill the 'map' component of Tolman's theory. Recent work examining hip...

—Fuzzy cognitive map is an approach to knowledge representation and inference; it emphasizes the connections of concepts as basic units for storing knowledge, and the structure that represents the significance of system. One of the most useful aspects of the FCM is its prediction capability as a prediction tool. Little research has been done on the goal-oriented analysis with FCM. In this paper...