DESCRIPTION

With the dst.view command, the information in a Dempster-Shafer knowledge base file can be printed out in a formatted, easy-to-read fashion. The knowledge base file is an XML format ASCII file which resides in its own 'DST' element inside the user's current mapset. Such a file is necessary to perform Dempster-Shafer Theory (DST) calculations using dst.combine . If you do not know what DST is or why you would need this program, please refer to the dst.combine command's manpage for an introduction.

Knowledge base files themselves can be listed, created, deleted and renamed using a special set of commands.

Flags

-a
Show all hypotheses (including type 'AUTO'). Normally, only singleton hypotheses supplied by the user (type 'USER') are shown. If this flag is set, then sets of hypotheses that were generated automatically will also be shown, as well. See the manpage of dst.update for an explanation of the different types.

Parameters

file=name
Name of DST knowledge base file to view. You can get a listing of DST knowledge base files in your current mapset by invoking dst.list .
logfile=name
Specfiy a valid file name if you want the output stored in a file instead of printed on the screen.

Notes

This program was developed as part of the GRASS 5 DST Predictive Modelling Toolkit.
The term "knowledge base file" was first used in the manual of the IDRISI GIS software which also offers some DST functionality.

SEE ALSO

dst.combine
dst.update
dst.create, dst.remove, dst.rename, dst.list

AUTHOR

Benjamin Ducke,
University of Kiel, Germany
Last changed: 2005/07/21