Robust multiple estimator systems for the analysis of biophysical parameters from remotely sensed data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-173

  Bruzzone, Lorenzo ^a   Melgani, Fand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biophysical parameters; Estimation; Multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural networks; Multiple estimator systems; Radial basis function (RBF) neural networks; Regression; Remote sensing; Support vector machines (SVMs)

Indexed keywords

NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER QUALITY;

BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE ESTIMATOR SYSTEMS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES (SVM);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 12844286965     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.839818     Document Type: Article

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