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A Minimum Cross-Entropy Approach to Disaggregate Agricultural Data at the Field Level

A Minimum Cross-Entropy Approach to Disaggregate Agricultural Data at the Field Level
Volume 7 Issue 2

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Date of publication
June 2018
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ISBN / Resource ID
10.3390/land7020062
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Agricultural policies have impacts on land use, the economy, and the environment and their analysis requires disaggregated data at the local level with geographical references. Thus, this study proposes a model for disaggregating agricultural data, which develops a supervised classification of satellite images by using a survey and empirical knowledge. To ensure the consistency with multiple sources of information, a minimum cross-entropy process was used. The proposed model was applied using two supervised classification algorithms and a more informative set of biophysical information. The results were validated and analyzed by considering various sources of information, showing that an entropy approach combined with supervised classifications may provide a reliable data disaggregation.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s)

Xavier, António
Fragoso, Rui
De Belém Costa Freitas, Maria
Do Socorro Rosário, Maria
Valente, Florentino

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