Comparison of neural network and maximum likelihood approaches in image classification

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2847-2854

  Mustapha, M R ^a   Lim, H S ^a   Mat Jafri, M Z ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ALPS AVNIR 2; Land cover; Makkah; Remote sensing; Supervised

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; NEURAL NETWORKS; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES;

AVNIR-2; LAND COVER; MAKKAH; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ALGORITHM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD APPROACHES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATIONS; NEURAL NETWORK CLASSIFICATION; SUPERVISED;

MAPPING;

EID: 78049388656     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.2847.2854     Document Type: Article

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