On the use of consensus algorithms to address variability in the results of neural network classifications: Preliminary tests involving two northern study areas

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-273

  Leverington, David W ^a,b   Moon, Wooil M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

LEARNING RATES; NETWORK CLASSIFICATIONS; SATELLITE IMAGES;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 30644474645     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m05-017     Document Type: Article

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