Comparing the performance of fuzzy and crisp classifiers on remotely sensed images: A case of snow classification

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6189-6203

  Pepe, Monica ^a   Boschetti, Luigi ^b   Brivio, Pietro Alessandro ^a   Rampini, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ERRORS; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MAPPING; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW;

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; INTERCOMPARISON EXERCISE; MODERATE RESOLUTION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER DATUM; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; STATISTICAL CLASSIFIER;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTER; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MODIS; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THEMATIC MAPPING;

EID: 78650141553     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903401395     Document Type: Article

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