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فصل 1 مقدمه.. 2

1-1      پیشگفتار. 2

1-2      ضرورت‌ها، انگیزه‌ها و ویژگی‌های تحقیق.. 4

1-3      اهداف و سؤالات تحقیق.. 5

1-4      روش تحقیق.. 6

1-5      معرفی اختصاری سایر فصول.. 7

فصل 2 مروری بر تحقیقات پیشین.. 10

2-1      مقدمه. 10

2-2      مروری بر روش‌های طبقه‌بندی پوشش اراضی.. 10

2-2-1            فن‏های طبقه‏بندی شی‏گرا 11

2-2-2            فن‏های طبقه‏بندی نظارت‏نشده پیکسل-مبنا 12

2-2-3            فن‏های طبقه‏بندی نظارت‏شده پیکسل-مبنا 12

2-3      مروری بر روش‌های طبقه‌بندی جدید در سنجش از دور. 13

2-3-1            طبقه‌بندی با شبکه‌های عصبی مصنوعی.. 14

2-3-2            طبقه‌بندی با درختان تصمیم. 15

2-3-3            طبقه‌بندی با روش‌های مبتنی بر ماشین بردار پشتیبان. 15

2-3-4            فن‌های  طبقه‌بندی دانش-پایه. 17

2-3-5            طبقه‌بندی با الگوریتم‌های ترکیبی.. 18

2-4      روش‌های انتخاب و کاهش فضای ویژگی.. 21

2-5      خلاصه فصل.. 22

فصل 3 مفاهیم و روش‌ها. 25

3-1      مقدمه. 25

3-2      مفاهیم پایه. 25

3-3      الگوریتم‌های یادگیری متداول.. 27

3-3-1            آنالیز جداسازی خطی.. 27

3-3-2            درخت‌های تصمیم. 28

3-3-3            شبکه‌های عصبی.. 31

3-3-4            طبقه‌بندی‌کننده بیز ساده 33

3-3-5            روش‌های مبتنی بر ماشین‌های بردار پشتیبان و کرنل.. 34

3-4      روش‌های دسته جمعی.. 39

3-5      تقویت... 41

3-6      روش Bagging. 42

3-6-1            دو الگوی گروهی.. 42

3-6-2            الگوریتم Bagging. 43

3-6-3            جنگل تصادفی.. 47

3-6-4            انتخاب ویژگی با کمک شاخص تعیین اهمیت ویژگی RF. 51

3-7      قطعه‌بندی تصویر. 53

3-7-1            قطعه‌بندی به روش چند رزولوشنه. 54

3-7-2            روش برآورد مقیاس مناسب برای قطعه‌بندی تصویر. 58

3-8      برآورد دقت طبقه‌بندی.. 59

3-8-1            ماتریس ابهام. 60

3-9      خلاصه. 62

فصل 4 روش تحقیق و نتایج.. 64

4-1      مقدمه. 64

4-2      داده‌ها و منطقه مورد مطالعه. 64

4-3      روش پیشنهادی تحقیق.. 66

4-3-1            انتخاب باند با کمک شاخص اهمیت ویژگی RF. 69

4-3-2            قطعه‌بندی تصویر ابرطیفی.. 70

4-3-3            گروه‌های ویژگی.. 71

4-3-4            طبقه‌بندی.. 72

4-4      ارزیابی.. 74

4-4-1            نتایج ارزیابی دقت کلی و ضریب کاپا 74

4-4-2            ارزیابی زمانی روش‌های طبقه‌بندی.. 79

4-4-3            نتایج طبقه‌بندی به تفکیک کلاس‌ها 80

4-4-4            ارزیابی بصری.. 84

4-5      جمع‌بندی مطالب فصل.. 88

فصل 5 نتیجه‌گیری و پیشنهادها. 91

5-1      مقدمه. 91

5-2      خلاصه تحقیق.. 91

5-3      دستاوردهای تحقیق.. 92

5-4      پیشنهادها 95

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