Training set size requirements for the classification of a specific class

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Foody, Giles M ^a   Mathur, Ajay ^b   Sanchez Hernandez, Carolina ^c   Boyd, Doreen S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Punjab Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

^c ORDNANCE SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classsification; Support vector data description (SVDD); Support vector machine (SVM); Training set

Indexed keywords

COTTON; HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LOGIC DESIGN; MAPPING; SET THEORY;

CLASSSIFICATION; SUPPORT VECTOR DATA DESCRIPTION (SVDD); SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE (SVM); TRAINING SET;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

CLASSIFICATION; HEURISTICS; TRAINING;

CLASSIFICATION; COTTON; HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33747610735     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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