Implementation of machine-learning classification in remote sensing: An applied review

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 2784-2817

  Maxwell, Aaron E ^a   Warner, Timothy A ^a   Fang, Fang ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image classification; Land cover classification; Landcover mapping; Machine learning

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DECISION TREES; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH; NEURAL NETWORKS; REMOTE SENSING;

COMPLEX CHARACTERISTICS; K NEAREST NEIGHBOURS (K-NN); LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER MAPPING; MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; USER-DEFINED PARAMETERS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; MACHINE LEARNING; MAPPING; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

EID: 85048716904     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2018.1433343     Document Type: Review

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