Quantifying the robustness of fuzzy rule sets in object-based image analysis

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 7359-7381

  Hofmann, Peter ^a   Blaschke, Thomas ^b   Strobl, Josef ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUZZY INFERENCE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

FUZZY RULE SET; HIGH RESOLUTION; MANUAL ADAPTATION; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA); PARAMETERIZED; RULE SET;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PIXEL; SEGMENTATION;

EID: 82155168615     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.523727     Document Type: Article

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