Applying tree-based ensemble algorithms to the classification of ecological zones using multi-temporal multi-source remote-sensing data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1823-1849

  Miao, Xin ^a   Heaton, Jill S ^b   Zheng, Songfeng ^a   Charlet, David A ^c   Liu, Hui ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Department of Social Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; REMOTE SENSING;

CLARK COUNTY , NEVADA; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY; DECISION TREE METHOD; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; MULTISOURCE DATA; REMOTE SENSING DATA; TREE-BASED ENSEMBLES;

ADAPTIVE BOOSTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DATA SET; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY; ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION THEORY; REMOTE SENSING;

CLARK COUNTY [NEVADA]; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863257013     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.602651     Document Type: Article

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