Comparison of evidential reasoning and neural network approaches in a multi-source classification of alpine tundra vegetation

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-440

  Duguay, Claude R ^a   Peddle, Derek R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MAPS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

ALPINE TUNDRA VEGETATION; EVIDENTIAL REASONING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD IMAGE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030420202     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1996.10874667     Document Type: Article

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