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A Massively Parallel Deep Rule-Based Ensemble Classifier for Remote Sensing Scenes

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A Massively Parallel Deep Rule-Based Ensemble Classifier for Remote Sensing Scenes. / Gu, Xiaowei; Angelov, Plamen Parvanov; Zhang, Ce et al.
In: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 15, No. 3, 03.2018, p. 345-349.

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Gu, X, Angelov, PP, Zhang, C & Atkinson, PM 2018, 'A Massively Parallel Deep Rule-Based Ensemble Classifier for Remote Sensing Scenes', IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 345-349. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2017.2787421

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Gu, X., Angelov, P. P., Zhang, C., & Atkinson, P. M. (2018). A Massively Parallel Deep Rule-Based Ensemble Classifier for Remote Sensing Scenes. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 15(3), 345-349. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2017.2787421

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Gu X, Angelov PP, Zhang C, Atkinson PM. A Massively Parallel Deep Rule-Based Ensemble Classifier for Remote Sensing Scenes. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 2018 Mar;15(3):345-349. Epub 2018 Feb 5. doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2017.2787421

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Gu, Xiaowei ; Angelov, Plamen Parvanov ; Zhang, Ce et al. / A Massively Parallel Deep Rule-Based Ensemble Classifier for Remote Sensing Scenes. In: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 2018 ; Vol. 15, No. 3. pp. 345-349.

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