Classification of very high spatial resolution imagery using mathematical morphology and support vector machines

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3866-3879

  Tuia, Devis ^a   Pacifici, Fabio ^a   Kanevski, Mikhail ^a   Emery, William J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Mathematical morphology; Recursive feature elimination (RFE); Support vector machines (SVMs); Urban land use; Very high resolution imagery

Indexed keywords

FEATURE SELECTION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTOMAPPING;

HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY; RECURSIVE FEATURE ELIMINATION; SIMPLE++; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; SUPPORT VECTORS MACHINE; URBAN LAND USE; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY; VERY-HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND USE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PANCHROMATIC IMAGE; QUICKBIRD; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 70350655559     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2027895     Document Type: Article

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