A fuzzy classification of sub-urban land cover from remotely sensed imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2721-2738

  Zhang, J ^a   Foody, G M ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VEGETATION;

FUZZY CLASSIFICATION; KAPPA COEFFICIENTS; LAND COVER;

REMOTE SENSING;

DATA MANAGEMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SUBURBAN AREA;

EID: 0032552476     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698214479     Document Type: Article

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