Defuzzification strategies for fuzzy classifications of remote sensing data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Hofmann, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Completeness; Correctness; Defuzzification; Fuzzy classification

Indexed keywords

FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; PIXELS; SPACE OPTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLASSIFICATION CRITERION; COMPLETENESS; CORRECTNESS; DEFUZZIFICATIONS; FUZZY CLASSIFICATION; FUZZY CLASSIFICATION RULE; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS (OBIA);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84974849295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8060467     Document Type: Article

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