Diversity indices and abundance distribution models are statistical tools which ecologists have applied for decades for analyzing the intrinsic regularities of various ecological entities. In ...Diversity indices and abundance distribution models are statistical tools which ecologists have applied for decades for analyzing the intrinsic regularities of various ecological entities. In this work, we have applied these techniques to use the notions such as pedodiversity (as an example of geodiversity in a broad sense), in order to detect the differences and similarities between both natural resources, biological and non-biological. The discussion has mainly been conducted through the study of landform based pedodiversity analysis applied to SOTER digital databases in Hainan Island, China. The main analytical methods include indices of richness S that are the number of the categories (SOTER units relating to different soils in this work), indices based on proportional abundance of categories H' and E which are not only the number but also their relative abundance (in our case, the relative area occupied by each pedotaxa) is taken into account, models of the distribution of abundance of categories that provide the most complete description but also the least abridged and GIS mapping to show the spatial variation digitally.展开更多
Due to the advances in Web technologies,various raster maps are available through Web Map Services such as Google maps and Yahoo maps.These online maps are used to visualize diverse types of disasters.Understanding di...Due to the advances in Web technologies,various raster maps are available through Web Map Services such as Google maps and Yahoo maps.These online maps are used to visualize diverse types of disasters.Understanding disasters with these online maps has become an important research issue.In this article,we propose a map-based general-purpose emergency management support system based on a computational model of generalized(multiplicatively weighted,order-k,and Minkowski-metric)Voronoi diagrams.The proposed system tessellates Web maps and models disasters(or emergency response units)having different weights in the complete order from 1 to k-1 in the three popular Minkowski metrics(Euclidean,Manhattan,and Maximum distance)pro-vide insightful information for various what-if emergency scenarios.The proposed map-based emergency management support system systematically supports neighboring queries,districting queries,location optimization queries,and routing queries.We pro-vide specific examples to illustrate how our system supports these queries.展开更多
文摘Diversity indices and abundance distribution models are statistical tools which ecologists have applied for decades for analyzing the intrinsic regularities of various ecological entities. In this work, we have applied these techniques to use the notions such as pedodiversity (as an example of geodiversity in a broad sense), in order to detect the differences and similarities between both natural resources, biological and non-biological. The discussion has mainly been conducted through the study of landform based pedodiversity analysis applied to SOTER digital databases in Hainan Island, China. The main analytical methods include indices of richness S that are the number of the categories (SOTER units relating to different soils in this work), indices based on proportional abundance of categories H' and E which are not only the number but also their relative abundance (in our case, the relative area occupied by each pedotaxa) is taken into account, models of the distribution of abundance of categories that provide the most complete description but also the least abridged and GIS mapping to show the spatial variation digitally.
基金Supported by the Collaboration Across Boundary Grant within James Cook University
文摘Due to the advances in Web technologies,various raster maps are available through Web Map Services such as Google maps and Yahoo maps.These online maps are used to visualize diverse types of disasters.Understanding disasters with these online maps has become an important research issue.In this article,we propose a map-based general-purpose emergency management support system based on a computational model of generalized(multiplicatively weighted,order-k,and Minkowski-metric)Voronoi diagrams.The proposed system tessellates Web maps and models disasters(or emergency response units)having different weights in the complete order from 1 to k-1 in the three popular Minkowski metrics(Euclidean,Manhattan,and Maximum distance)pro-vide insightful information for various what-if emergency scenarios.The proposed map-based emergency management support system systematically supports neighboring queries,districting queries,location optimization queries,and routing queries.We pro-vide specific examples to illustrate how our system supports these queries.
