Estimation of forest parameters using the non-parametric techniques and satellite images at compartment level

Research for Rural Development

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 194-200

  Jonikavičius, Donatas ^a   Mozgeris, Gintautas ^a  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; K nearest neighbor; Most similar neighbor; Satellite images

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SATELLITES; MOTION COMPENSATION; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH;

CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; ESTIMATION APPROACHES; FOREST INVENTORY; K-NEAREST NEIGHBORS; NON-PARAMETRIC TECHNIQUES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DEVIATIONS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SIMILAR NEIGHBORS;

ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84900274440     PISSN: 16914031     EISSN: 16914031     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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