The field of pattern recognition is expanding in new directions, for example, in data mining and Earth observation data processing. This book covers the entire field of classification methods applied to remotely sensed data. After an introduction to the basics of remote sensing, the text provides a detailed discussion of different approaches to image classification, including maximum likelihood, fuzzy sets, and artificial neural networks. The second edition features three new chapters that cover recent developments in support vector machines, decision trees, as well as change detection and...