HOW CAN NEURAL NETWORKS SPEED UP ECOLOGICAL REGIONALIZATION FRIENDLY? - Replacement of Field Studies by Satellite Data using RBFs

Manolo Cruz, Moisés Espínola, Rosa Ayala, Mercedes Peralta, José Antonio Torres

2010

Abstract

The aim of this work is to present an application of the Radial Basis Functions Nets (RBFs) for simplifying and reducing the cost of ecological regionalization. The process speeds up and replaces the classic means of obtaining ecological variables through field studies. The radial basis function networks were applied to estimate field data remotely, using data captured by the Landsat satellite and correlating it with ecological variables in order to substitute for them in the regionalization process. This approach substantially reduces the time and cost of ecological regionalization, limiting field studies and automating the generation of the ecological variables. The technique could be applied without restriction to map vegetation in any other area for which satellite coverage exists.

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Cruz M., Espínola M., Ayala R., Peralta M. and Torres J. (2010). HOW CAN NEURAL NETWORKS SPEED UP ECOLOGICAL REGIONALIZATION FRIENDLY? - Replacement of Field Studies by Satellite Data using RBFs . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Fuzzy Computation and 2nd International Conference on Neural Computation - Volume 1: ICNC, (IJCCI 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-32-4, pages 295-300. DOI: 10.5220/0003062402950300


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@conference{icnc10,
author={Manolo Cruz and Moisés Espínola and Rosa Ayala and Mercedes Peralta and José Antonio Torres},
title={HOW CAN NEURAL NETWORKS SPEED UP ECOLOGICAL REGIONALIZATION FRIENDLY? - Replacement of Field Studies by Satellite Data using RBFs},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Fuzzy Computation and 2nd International Conference on Neural Computation - Volume 1: ICNC, (IJCCI 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={295-300},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003062402950300},
isbn={978-989-8425-32-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Fuzzy Computation and 2nd International Conference on Neural Computation - Volume 1: ICNC, (IJCCI 2010)
TI - HOW CAN NEURAL NETWORKS SPEED UP ECOLOGICAL REGIONALIZATION FRIENDLY? - Replacement of Field Studies by Satellite Data using RBFs
SN - 978-989-8425-32-4
AU - Cruz M.
AU - Espínola M.
AU - Ayala R.
AU - Peralta M.
AU - Torres J.
PY - 2010
SP - 295
EP - 300
DO - 10.5220/0003062402950300