Comparison of hybrid classifiers for crop classification using normalized difference vegetation index time series: A case study for major crops in North Xinjiang, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Hao, Pengyu ^a,b   Wang, Li ^a   Niu, Zheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOM FOREST; SAMPLE SIZE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; ALGORITHM; CHINA;

ALGORITHMS; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

EID: 84945281405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137748     Document Type: Article

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