Application of self-organizing neural networks to classification of plant communities in Pangquangou Nature Reserve, North China

Frontiers of Biology in China

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 512-517

  Zhang, Jintun ^a   Yang, Hongxiao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Neural network; Quantitative classification; Self organizing feature map; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049115174     PISSN: 16733509     EISSN: 16733622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-008-0061-7     Document Type: Article

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