Machine Learning for benthic sand and maerl classification and coverage estimation in coastal areas around the Maltese Islands

Journal of Applied Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 338-344

  Gauci, Adam ^a   Deidun, Alan ^a   Abela, John ^a   Zarb Adami, Kristian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision trees; Image processing; Machine Learning; Maerl detection; Sand detection; Seabed classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993958625     PISSN: 16656423     EISSN: 24486736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jart.2016.08.003     Document Type: Article

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