Comparison of fuzzy c-means classification, linear mixture modelling and MLC probabilities as tools for unmixing coarse pixels

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3629-3648

  Bastin, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

FILTER KERNELS; FUZZY C MEANS CLASSIFICATION; HARD MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; LINEAR MIXING MODELING; THEMATIC MAPPERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

COARSE IMAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; PIXEL SIGNATURE; REMOTE SENSING; SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0031277523     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697216847     Document Type: Article

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