Discrepancy measures for selecting optimal combination of parameter values in object-based image analysis

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 144-156

  Liu, Yong ^a   Bian, Ling ^a,b   Meng, Yuhong ^a   Wang, Huanping ^a   Zhang, Shifu ^a   Yang, Yining ^a   Shao, Xiaomin ^a   Wang, Bo ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrepancy measures; Image segmentation; Object based image analysis; Optimal parameter value combinations; Over segmentation; Under segmentation

Indexed keywords

DISCREPANCY MEASURES; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; OVER SEGMENTATION; UNDER-SEGMENTATION;

GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RATING; RESEARCH;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; THEMATIC MAPPING;

CHINA;

EID: 84862798630     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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