Fuzzy mapping of tropical land cover along an environmental gradient from remotely sensed data with an artificial neural network

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-35

  Foody, Giles M ^a   Boyd, Doreen S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Fuzzi classification; Neural network; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013367757     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101090050003     Document Type: Article

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