Variable selection strategies for nearest neighbor imputation methods used in remote sensing based forest inventory

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 557-569

  Packalén, Petteri ^a,b   Temesgen, Hailemariam ^a   Maltamo, Matti ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; CROSS VALIDATION; IMPUTATION METHODS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR IMPUTATION; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; SIMILAR NEIGHBORS; VARIABLE SELECTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84871872121     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m12-046     Document Type: Article

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