A landslide expert system:Image classification through integration of data mining approaches for multi-category analysis

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 747-770

  Wan, Shiuan ^a   Lei, Tsu Chiang ^b   Chou, Tein Yin ^b  

^a LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Feng Chung University   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

data mining; expert system; landslide

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DATABASE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSLIDE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPOT;

EID: 84859407463     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.613397     Document Type: Article

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