Land cover classification using random forest with genetic algorithm-based parameter optimization

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Ming, Dongping ^a   Zhou, Tianning ^b   Wang, Min ^c   Tan, Tian ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CNPC   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

genetic algorithm; land cover classification; parameter optimization; Random forest

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; OPTIMAL PARAMETER SELECTION; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM FORESTS; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; ROBUST CLASSIFICATION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE METHOD;

MAPPING;

EID: 84988933890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.10.035021     Document Type: Article

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