Semi-automated object-based classification of coral reef habitat using discrete choice models

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15894-15916

  Saul, Steven ^a   Purkis, Sam ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Discrete choice model; Multinomial logistic

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAPPING; REEFS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CORAL REEF; DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; HABITAT CLASSIFICATION; MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTICS; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS;

PIXELS;

EID: 84961235745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs71215810     Document Type: Article

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