Using Bayes Nets for GIS

The following collection of papers highlight the groundbreaking research being done in the intersecting fields of geospatial information systems (GIS) and Bayes Net technology. It is meant to be a resource to the GIS community, especially our new GeoNetica clients. If you too are a pioneer in this emerging field (or know someone who is), and would like to contribute a paper, we invite you to connect with us.
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Aalders, Inge (2008) "Modeling Land-Use Decision Behavior with Bayesian Belief Networks", in Ecology and Society 13(1):16. PDF

Aitkenhead, M.J., and Aalders, I.H., (2008) "Predicting land cover using GIS, Bayesian and evolutionary algorithm methods", in Journal of Environmental Management, 90, 236-250.

Ames, D. P. (2002) "Bayesian decision networks for watershed management", (Doctoral dissertation, Utah State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering).

Ames, D., Neilson, B., Stevens, D., & Lall, U. (2005) "Using BNs to model watershed management decision: an East Canyon Creek case study", Journal of Hydroinformatics, 7, 267-282. PDF

Ames, D. P., & Anselmo, A. (2008) "Bayesian network integration with GIS", In Encyclopedia of GIS (pp. 39-45). Springer US.

Borsuk, M. E. and K. H. Reckhow (2000) "Summary description of the Neuse Estuary Bayesian Ecological Response Network (Neu-BERN)". PDF

Dlamini, Wisdom (2010) "Multispectral detection of invasive alien plants from very high resolution 8-band satellite imagery using probabilistic graphical models". Swaziland National Trust Commission, Swaziland. PDF

Haas, T. C. (1998) "Modeling waterbody eutrophication with a Bayesian belief network", School of Business Administration, Working Paper, Univ. of Wisconsin.

Hicks, Jeff and Todd Pierce (2009) "Crafting Better Decisions: Creating a link between belief networks and GIS" in ArcUser, Fall 2009.

Jolma, A., Lehikoinen, A., and I. Helle (2011) "Coupling Bayesian networks and geospatial software for environmental risk assessment", in 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Perth, Australia. PDF

Kuikka, S and O. Varis (1997) "Uncertainties of climate change impacts in Finnish watersheds: a Bayesian network analysis of expert knowledge" in Boreal Environ, Res. 2, 109-128.

Morgan, J.D. et al (2012) "A Methodological Framework focused on integrating GIS and BBN Data for Probabilistic Map Algebra Analysis", Extended abstract in 7th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2012, held in Columbus, OH, USA in September 2012. PDF

Laskey, K.B., Wright, E.J. and da Costa P.C.G (2009) "Envisioning Uncertainty in geospatial information", in Int. J. of Approximate Reasoning 51 (2010) 209-223.

Lee, D. C. and G. A. Bradshaw (1998) "Making monitoring work for managers: Thoughts on a conceptual framework for improved monitoring within broad-scale ecosystem management".

Stassopoulou, Athena, M. Petrou and J. Kittler (1998) "Application of a Bayesian network in a GIS based decision making system", Int. J. Geograph Info. Sci. 12(1), 23-45. PDF

Stassopoulou, Athena and Terry Caelli (2000) "Building detection using Bayesian networks" in Int. J. Pattern Recognit. Artif. Intell., 14(6), 715-733. PDF

Steiniger, Stefan and Geoffrey Hay (2009) "Free and open source geographic information tools for landscape ecology", in Ecological Informatics 4 (2009) 183-195. PDF

Taylor, Kelli J. (2003) "Bayesian Belief Networks: A conceptual approach to assessing risk to habitat", Master's Thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT. Now: Outreach Specialist, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, SLC, UT. PDF

Varis, O. and S. Kuikka (1996) "An influence diagram approach to Baltic salmon management" in Proc. Conf. on Decision Analysis for Public Policy in Europe, INFORMS, Atlanta, GA.

Walker, Aron, Binh Pham and A. Maeder (2004) "A Bayesian framework for automated dataset retrieval" in Geographic Information Systems, p. 138, 10th International Multimedia Modelling Conf. PDF

Walker, Aron, Binh Pham and Miles P. Moody (2005) "Spatial Bayesian learning algorithms for geographic information retrieval" in Proc. 13th Annual ACM International workshop on Geographic information systems, p105-114, Bremen, Germany. PDF

Wright, Edward J. (2002) "Understanding and managing uncertainty in geospatial data for tactical decision aids", PhD Dissertation, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Wright, Edward J. (2005) "Fitness for Use - to Support Military Decision Making", for 7th Int. Symp on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Nat. Res. and Enviro Sci. Portugal, Spain.