Geographic Information Systems are computer-based systems for geographic
analysis. They have been developed over the past twenty five years and
are now widely used. A recent research direction has been the
development of geocomputation , representing computer-based geographical
analysis beyond the traditional bounds of GIS.
In geocomputation, the
computer is the research environment itself, not merely a tool. A key to
geocomputation it that highly powered computing can be used with
sufficient data to avaid traditional parametric approaches altogether.
The term geocomputation includes the use of computer-based techniques
such as artificial neural networks, genetic programming and fuzzy logic,
but in a geographical context. This new book in the prestigious
Innovations in GIS series, presents the latest research in
geocomputational techniques as presented in the GIS UK Annual
Conference.
