A method to incorporate uncertainty in the classification of remote sensing images

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5489-5503

  Gonçalves, Luisa M S ^a,b   Fonte, Cidália C ^c   Júlio, Eduardo N B S ^d   Caetano, Mario ^e,f  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b INESC COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e Portuguese Geographic Institute IGP   (Portugal)

^f NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLASSIFICATION METHODOLOGIES; CLASSIFICATION OF REMOTE SENSING IMAGE; CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; IKONOS SATELLITE IMAGE; MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGE; PIXEL BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; UNCERTAINTY INFORMATIONS; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

IKONOS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSCAPE; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEGMENTATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449358408     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903130929     Document Type: Article

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