An evaluation of fractal methods for characterizing image complexity

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-35

  Lam, Nina Siu Ngan ^a   Qiu, Hong Lie ^b   Quattrochi, Dale A ^c   Emerson, Charles W ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Global Hydrology and Climate Center   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Fractal measurement; Simulated surfaces; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; FRACTALS;

VARIOGRAMS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

DATA PROCESSING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0036226072     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304002782064600     Document Type: Article

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