Please wait a minute...
Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2004, Vol. 5 Issue (7): 782-795    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2004.0782
Computer & Information Science     
Automated soil resources mapping based on decision tree and Bayesian predictive modeling
ZHOU Bin, ZHANG Xin-gang, WANG Ren-chao
Institute of Agricultural Remote Sensing and Information Technology Application, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
Download:     PDF (0 KB)     
Export: BibTeX | EndNote (RIS)      

Abstract  This article presents two approaches for automated building of knowledge bases of soil resources mapping. These methods used decision tree and Bayesian predictive modeling, respectively to generate knowledge from training data. With these methods, building a knowledge base for automated soil mapping is easier than using the conventional knowledge acquisition approach. The knowledge bases built by these two methods were used by the knowledge classifier for soil type classification of the Longyou area, Zhejiang Province, China using TM bi-temporal imageries and GIS data. To evaluate the performance of the resultant knowledge bases, the classification results were compared to existing soil map based on field survey. The accuracy assessment and analysis of the resultant soil maps suggested that the knowledge bases built by these two methods were of good quality for mapping distribution model of soil classes over the study area.

Key wordsSoil mapping      Decision tree      Bayesian predictive modeling      Knowledge-based classification      Rule extracting     
Received: 09 October 2003     
CLC:  S159-3  
  P283.8  
  P283.7  
Cite this article:

ZHOU Bin, ZHANG Xin-gang, WANG Ren-chao. Automated soil resources mapping based on decision tree and Bayesian predictive modeling. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2004, 5(7): 782-795.

URL:

http://www.zjujournals.com/xueshu/zjus-a/10.1631/jzus.2004.0782     OR     http://www.zjujournals.com/xueshu/zjus-a/Y2004/V5/I7/782

No related articles found!