Classification of multi-temporal SAR images for rice crops using combined entropy decomposition and support vector machine technique

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 71, Issue , 2007, Pages 19-39

  Tan, C P ^a   Koay, J Y ^a   Lim, K S ^a   Ewe, H T ^a   Chuah, H T ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

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EID: 34147172342     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER07012903     Document Type: Article

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