Support vector machines in remote sensing: A review

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing - Tập 66 - Trang 247-259 - 2011
Giorgos Mountrakis1, Jungho Im1, Caesar Ogole1
1Department of Environmental Resources Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA

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