A comparison of three feature selection methods for object-based classification of sub-decimeter resolution UltraCam-L imagery

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-78

  Laliberte, A S ^a   Browning, D M ^b   Rango, A ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial imagery; Classification; Feature selection; Object based image analysis; Very high resolution

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864510265     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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