On possible measures for evaluating the degree of uncertainty of fuzzy thematic maps

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5573-5583

  Ricotta, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; MAPPING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

FUZZY THEMATIC MAPS; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; SHANNON'S ENTROPY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; REMOTE SENSING; THEMATIC MAPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745113892     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500285175     Document Type: Article

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