Open AccessON AN INFORMATION APPROACH TO SOIL CLASSIFICATION
Author(s) -
V. A. Rozhkov
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ počvennogo instituta imeni v.v. dokučaeva/bûlletenʹ počvennogo instituta im. v.v. dokučaeva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-4202
pISSN - 0136-1694
DOI - 10.19047/0136-1694-2012-69-4-24
Subject(s) - taxonomy (biology) , classification scheme , computer science , equivalence (formal languages) , classified information , information retrieval , artificial intelligence , mathematics , ecology , pure mathematics , biology , computer security
Under discussion are concepts of a new universal scientific discipline - informaciology, its principles, methods and approaches to elaborating the soil classifications. A formalized definition of the classification concept is given as a knowledge-based one in information systems. From viewpoint of classiology the concept of classification is of two kinds by nature being subdivided into taxonomy and meronomy. Taxonomy assumes the relationship between any classification object and a lot formed by it, whereas meronomy - the relationship of the total object to its parts. Accordingly relationships of equivalence in taxonomy and tolerance in meronomy are used. A structural-functional scheme of the system is presented to realize an information approach to soil classification.