Comparison of SVM and boosted regression trees for the delineation of lacustrine sediments using multispectral ASTER data and topographic indices in the lake Manyara Basin

Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung, Geoinformation

Volumn 2015, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-94

  Bachofer, Felix ^a   Quénéhervé, Geraldine ^a   Märker, Michael ^b   Hochschild, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASTER; Boosted regression trees; Multispectral; SVM; Topographic indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923294881     PISSN: 14328364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/pfg/2015/0251     Document Type: Article

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