Mapping land cover from remotely sensed data with a softened feedforward neural network classification

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 433-449

  Foody, Giles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

LAND COVERS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0034548685     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008112125526     Document Type: Article

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