Support vector machines for classification in remote sensing
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- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Informa UK Limited in International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Vol. 26 (5), 1007-1011
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160512331314083
Abstract
Support vector machines (SVM) represent a promising development in machine learning research that is not widely used within the remote sensing community. This paper reports the results of two experiments in which multi‐class SVMs are compared with maximum likelihood (ML) and artificial neural network (ANN) methods in terms of classification accuracy. The two land cover classification experiments use multispectral (Landsat‐7 ETM+) and hyperspectral (DAIS) data, respectively, for test areas in eastern England and central Spain. Our results show that the SVM achieves a higher level of classification accuracy than either the ML or the ANN classifier, and that the SVM can be used with small training datasets and high‐dimensional data.Keywords
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