Methods for fuzzy classification and accuracy assessment of historical aerial photographs for vegetation change analyses. Part I: Algorithm development

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-176

  Okeke, F ^a   Karnieli, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

HISTORICAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; VEGETATION CHANGE ANALYSES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ALGORITHM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

EID: 33745085331     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500166540     Document Type: Article

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