Managing uncertainty when aggregating from pixels to objects: Habitats, context-sensitive mapping and possibility theory

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1061-1068

  Comber, Alexis ^a   Medcalf, Katie ^b   Lucas, Richard ^c   Bunting, Peter ^c   Brown, Alan ^d   Clewley, Daniel ^b   Breyer, Johanna ^c   Keyworth, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Environment Systems   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Bangor LL57 2LQ ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FUZZY INFERENCE; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING;

CONTEXT SENSITIVE; MANAGING UNCERTAINTY; OBJECT ORIENTED; OBJECT ORIENTED CLASSIFICATION; POSSIBILITY THEORY; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; WORKED EXAMPLES;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951113626     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903246691     Document Type: Article

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