Enviromental Modelling and Land Change

Agricultural land use dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon based on remote sensing and census data.
Giovana Espindola, Ana Paula Aguiar, Edzer Pebesma, Gilberto Câmara, Leila Fonseca. Applied Geography, vol. 32(2):240-252,  2012.

Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to describe current system dynamics and develop land cover scenarios: a case study in the Brazilian Amazon.
Luciana Soler, Kasper Kok, Gilberto Câmara, Tom Veldkamp, Journal of Land Use Science, in press, 2011.

Understanding Global Change: The Role of Geographic Information Science in the Integration of People and Nature.
Clodoveu Davis, Fred Fonseca, Gilberto Camara. In: Timothy Nyerges, Helen Couclelis, and Robert McMaster (ed), The SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society, Thousand Oaks, CA, SAGE Publications 2009.

Games on Cellular Spaces: How Mobility Affects Equilibrium.
Pedro Andrade, Antonio Miguel Monteiro, Gilberto Câmara, Sandra Sandri. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 12, no. 1, 2009.

Dynamical coupling of multiscale land change models.
Eva Moreira, Sérgio Costa, Ana Paula Aguiar, Gilberto Câmara, Tiago Carneiro. Landscape Ecology, vol 24(9): 1183-1194, November 2009.

Long-term potential for tropical-forest degradation due to deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon
Manoel Cardoso, Carlos Nobre, Gilvan Sampaio, Marina Hirota, Dalton Valeriano, Gilberto Câmara. Biologia, vol 64(3): 433—437, 2009.

Spatial statistical analysis of land-use determinants in the Brazilian Amazon: exploring intra-regional heterogeneity.
Ana Aguiar, Gilberto Câmara, Isabel Escada. Ecological Modelling, vol 209(1-2):169–188, 2007.

Amazon Deforestation Models.
G. Câmara, A. P. Aguiar, M. I. Escada, S. Amaral, T. Carneiro, A. M. Monteiro, R. Araújo, I. Vieira, B. Becker. Science, vol 307, 15 February 2005, pp. 1043-1044.

Spatial Information Engineering,  Open Source GIS

“Geographical Information Engineering in the 21st Century”.
Gilberto Câmara, Lúbia Vinhas, Clodoveu Davis, Fred Fonseca, Tiago Carneiro. In: Gerhard Navratil (ed.) Research Trends in Geographic Information Science, pp.203-214. Berlin, Springer Verlag, 2009.

Yet Another Map Algebra.
João Cordeiro, Gilberto Câmara, Ubirajara Freitas, Felipe Almeida. Geoinformatica, vol. 13(2): 183-202, 2009.

TerraLib: An open-source GIS library for large-scale environmental and socio-economic applications
Gilberto Câmara, Lúbia Vinhas, Gilberto Queiroz, Karine Ferreira, Miguel Monteiro, Marcelo Carvalho, Marco Casanova. In: B. Hall, M. Leahy (eds.), “Open Source Approaches to Spatial Data Handling”. Berlin, Springer, 2008.

Information Policies and Open Source Software in Developing Countries.
Gilberto Câmara, Fred Fonseca. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), vol 58(1):121-132, January 2007.

Open Source GIS Software: Myths and Realities.
Gilberto Câmara, Harlan Onsrud. In: Julie M. Esanu and Paul F. Uhlir, Eds, Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium. Washington, The National Academies Press, 2004. (ISBN 0-309-09145-4).

Towards a unified framework for spatial data models.
Gilberto Câmara, Miguel Monteiro, João Paiva, Jonas Gomes, Luiz Velho. Journal of the Brazilian Computing Society, 7(1):17-25, 2000.

SPRING: Integrating Remote Sensing and GIS with Object-Oriented Data Modelling.
Gilberto Câmara, Ricardo Souza, Ubirajara Freitas, Juan Garrido, Fernando Ii. Computers and Graphics, vol.15(6):13-22, 1996.

Geoinformatics, Spatial Databases, SDI

Spatial data infrastructures for the Amazon: a first step towards a global forest information system.
Fred Fonseca, Clodoveu Davis Jr., Gilberto Câmara. Earth Science Informatics, vol 2(4): December 2009.

Beyond SDI: Integrating Science and Communities to Create Environmental Policies for the Sustainability of the Amazon.
Clodoveu Davis Jr., Fred Fonseca, Gilberto Câmara. Int Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, vol 4:156-174, 2009.

“Geo-Ontologies”.
Frederico Fonseca and Gilberto Câmara. In: Marguerite Madden (ed.), Manual of Geographic Information Systems, pp. 157-164. Bethesda, MD, ASPRS Press, 2009.

Geoweb services for sharing modelling results in biodiversity networks.
Karla Fook, Antonio Monteiro, Gilberto Câmara, Marco Casanova, Silvana Amaral. Transactions in GIS, 13(4):379-399, 2009.

Next-Generation Digital Earth.
M. Craglia, M. F. Goodchild, A. Annoni, G. Câmara, M. Gould, W. Kuhn, D. Mark, I. Masser, D. Maguire, S. Liang, E. Parsons. International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, vol. 3, 146-167, 2008 (ISSN 1725-0463).

Networks of Innovation and the Establishment of a Spatial Data Infrastructure in Brazil.
Gilberto Câmara, Fred Fonseca, Miguel Monteiro, Harlan Onsrud. Information Technology for Development, vol 12(4):255-272, 2006.

A Framework for Measuring the Interoperability of Geo-Ontologies.
Fred Fonseca, Gilberto Câmara, Miguel Monteiro Spatial Cognition and Computation, vol 6(4):307-329, December 2006 (pre-print version).

Bridging Ontologies and Conceptual Schemas in Geographic Information Integration.
Fred Fonseca, Clodoveu Davis, Gilberto Câmara. GeoInformatica,7(4): 355-378,2003.

Semantic Granularity in Ontology-Driven Geographic Information Systems.
Fred Fonseca, Max Egenhofer, Clodoveu Davis, Gilberto Câmara. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 36(1-2):131 - 151, 2002.

Using Ontologies for Integrated GIS.
Fred Fonseca, Max Egenhofer, Pegy Agouris, Gilberto Câmara. Transactions on GIS, 6(3):231-257, 2002.

Remote Sensing Image Processing

Image Mining: Detecting Deforestation Patterns Through Satellites
Marcelino Silva, Gilberto Câmara, Isabel Escada. In: Hakikur Rahman (ed.), Data Mining Applications for Empowering Knowledge Societies. New York, IGI Publishing, 2008.

Remote Sensing Image Mining: Detecting Agents of Land Use Change in Tropical Forest Areas.
Marcelino Silva, Gilberto Câmara, Isabel Escada, Ricardo Souza. International Journal of Remote Sensing,vol 29(16): 4803 – 4822, 2008.

Parameter Selection for Region-Growing Image Segmentation Algorithms using Spatial Autocorrelation.
Giovana Espindola, Gilberto Câmara, Ilka Reis, Leonardo Bins, Miguel Monteiro. International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol 27 (14/20):3035-3040, July 2006.

DMSP/OLS Night-Time Lights Imagery And Urban Population Estimates in the Brazilian Amazon.
Silvana Amaral, Miguel Monteiro, Gilberto Câmara, José Quintanilha. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 27(5):855-870, March 2006.

GIS And Remote Sensing As Tools For The Simulation Of Urban Land Use Change
Cláudia Almeida, Miguel Monteiro, Gilberto Câmara, Britaldo Soares-Filho, Gustavo Cerqueira, Cássio Pennachin, Mike Batty. International Journal Of Remote Sensing, 26(4):759-774, February 2005.

Nighttime lights - DMSP Satellite Data as an Indicator of Human Activity in the Brazilian Amazonia: relations with population and electrical power consumption.
Silvana Amaral, Gilberto Câmara, Miguel Monteiro, Chris Elvidge, José Quintanilha. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 29:179-195, 2005.

Spatial Analysis

Transfer function noise modeling and spatial interpolation to evaluate risks of extreme shallow water table depths in the Brazilian cerrados.
Rodrigo Manzione, Martin Knotters, Gerard Heuvelink, Jos Von Asmuth, Gilberto Camara. Hydrogeology Journal, vol 18(8): 1927-1937, 2010.

“Predictive Risk Mapping of Water Table Depths in a Brazilian Cerrado Area”.
Rodrigo Manzione, Martin Knotters, Gerhard Heuvelink, Jos von Asmuth, Gilberto Câmara. In: Alfred Stein, Wenzhong Shi, Wietske Nijker (ed), Quality Aspects in Spatial Data Mining, pp 73-89. Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2009.

Suppressing temporal data in sensor networks using a scheme robust to aberrant readings.
Ilka Reis, Gilberto Câmara, Renato Assunção, Miguel Monteiro. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol 5(6): 771 – 805, November 2009.

Global and Local Spatial Indices of Urban Segregation.
Flávia Feitosa, Gilberto Câmara, Miguel Monteiro, Thomas Koschitzki, Marcelino Silva. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, vol 21(3):299-323, March 2007.

Efficient regionalisation techniques for socio-economic geographical units using minimum spanning trees.
Renato Assunção, Marcos Neves, Gilberto Câmara, Corina Freitas. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, vol. 20(7):797-812, August 2006 (pre-print version).

Mapping Social Exclusion/Inclusion in Developing Countries: Social Dynamics of São Paulo in the 90's.
Gilberto Câmara, Miguel Monteiro, Fred Ramos, Aldaíza Sposati, Dirce Koga. In: D. Jonelle, M. Goodchild (eds.) "Spatially-Enabled Social Science: Examples in Best Practice", chap. 11, p 223 - 237. New York, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Stochastic cellular automata modeling of urban land use dynamics: empirical development and estimation.
Cláudia Almeida, Mike Batty, Miguel Monteiro, Gilberto Câmara, Britaldo Soares, Gustavo Cerqueira, Cássio Penachin. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 27(5): 481-509, 2003.

Evaluation of the Performance of Fuzzy Logic Applied in Spatial Analysis for Mineral Prospecting.
Fábio Moreira, Raimundo Almeida-Filho, Gilberto Câmara Revista Brasileira de Geociências, v.33, p.183 - 190, 2003.

Tabu Search Heuristic for Point-Feature Cartographic Label Placement.
Missae Yamamoto, Gilberto Câmara, Luiz Lorena. GeoInformatica, 6(1):77-89, 2002.

Geocomputation Techniques for Spatial Analysis: Is it the Case for Health data Sets?
Gilberto Câmara, Miguel Monteiro. Reports on Public Health (Cadernos de Saúde Publica), 17(5):1059-1081, 2001.