A comparison study of different kernel functions for SVM-based classification of multi-temporal polarimetry SAR data

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 40, Issue 2W3, 2014, Pages 281-285

  Yekkehkhany, B ^a   Safari, A ^a   Homayouni, S ^b   Hasanlou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cop classification; Full polarimetric SAR data; Kernel functions; Multi temporal data; SVM

Indexed keywords

POLARIMETERS; RADAR IMAGING; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

COMPARISON STUDY; COP CLASSIFICATION; FULL-POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA; KERNEL FUNCTION; MULTI-TEMPORAL; MULTI-TEMPORAL DATA; POLARIMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA; RADAR DATA; RADIAL BASED FUNCTION; SUPPORT VECTORS MACHINE;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 84924162363     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-2-W3-281-2014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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