Sub-pixel confusion-uncertainty matrix for assessing soft classifications

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1081-1095

  Silvan Cardenas J L ^a,b   Wang, L ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centro de Investigacion en Geografia y Geomatica Ing Jorge L Tamayo AC   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Error matrix; Soft classification; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REMOTE SENSING; SOFT COMPUTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLASSIFICATION PROTOCOLS; ERROR MATRIX; SOFT CLASSIFICATION;

PIXELS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 39749185627     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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