Modified ALV for selecting the optimal spatial resolution and its scale effect on image classification accuracy

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 1061-1068

  Ming, Dongping ^a,b   Yang, Jianyu ^c   Li, Longxiang ^a   Song, Zhuoqin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Image classification; Modified average local variance; Remote sensing image; Scale; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; GEO-STATISTICS; LOCAL VARIANCE; MODIFIED AVERAGE LOCAL VARIANCE; OPTIMAL RESOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; SATELLITE DATA SETS; SCALE; SCALE EFFECTS; SCALE SELECTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VARIABLE RESOLUTION; VARIABLE WINDOWS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

EID: 79956072627     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2010.11.036     Document Type: Article

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