A new coefficient for accuracy assessment of land-cover classification based on Kullback-Leibler information

Ryuei Nishii; Shojiro Tanaka

doi:10.1117/12.262875

A new coefficient for accuracy assessment of land-cover classification based on Kullback-Leibler information

Ryuei Nishii, Shojiro Tanaka

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Several measures assessing the accuracy of land-cover classification are available, e.g., overall and class- averaged accuracies. Also kappa statistic is widely used for this purpose. In this article, we discuss the properties of these criteria, and point out that the kappa statistic has an unfavorable feature. We propose alternative coefficients based on Kullback-Leibler information. Further, significance tests for the difference between the coefficients derived by classification results are established.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	72-79
Number of pages	8
Journal	Unknown Journal
Volume	2955
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.262875
Publication status	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Applied Mathematics
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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A new coefficient for accuracy assessment of land-cover classification based on Kullback-Leibler information

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