Decision tree approach for classification of remotely sensed satellite data using open source support

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1237-1247

  Sharma, Richa ^a   Ghosh, Aniruddha ^a   Joshi, P K ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Decision tree classifier (DTC); Image classification; ISODATA; Maximum likelihood classifier (MLC); Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DECISION MAKING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84889650551     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-013-0339-2     Document Type: Article

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