The comparison index: A tool for assessing the accuracy of image segmentation

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-321

  Moller M ^a   Lymburner, L ^b   Volk, M ^c  

^a Geoflux GbR   (Germany)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Field detection; Landsat; Object metric; Segmentation; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DETECTION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MODEL VALIDATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEGMENTATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY-ANHALT;

EID: 34249730857     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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