Individual tree-based species classification in high spatial resolution aerial images of forests using fuzzy sets

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 371-387

  Brandtberg, Tomas ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Decision making; Forestry; Pattern recognition; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COLOR; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED RADIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

GRADE OF MEMBERSHIP (GOM) MODEL;

FUZZY SETS;

COLOR; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 0037121509     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0114(02)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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