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International Journal of Remote Sensing Volume 26, 2005 - Issue 14: Uncertainties in Integrated Remote Sensing and GIS
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Estimating and accommodating uncertainty through the soft classification of remote sensing data

M. A. Ibrahim Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667 IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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M. K. Arora Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667 India
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S. K. Ghosh Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247 667 India
Pages 2995-3007 | Published online: 22 Feb 2007

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