Automated image sampling and classification can be used to explore perceived naturalness of urban spaces

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hyam, Roger ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFIER; HUMAN; SAMPLING; VISION; AUTOMATION; CITY; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; SCOTLAND; SEMANTICS;

AUTOMATION; CITIES; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCOTLAND; SEMANTICS;

EID: 85008324004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169357     Document Type: Article

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