期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：1980
卷号：XXIII Part B7 + B8
页码：680-690
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：A relation was analyzed between remote sensing-basedpredictors (Landsat multispectral data) and ground-based criterion(population density according to the census) by computer-aidedanalysis.The data used were Landsats 1 and 2 multispectral scanner(MSS) digital tapes and grid square basis population density accordingto the census in Japan.Correlation analysis showed that MSS band 5 had a positivecorrelation with population density, while band 7 had a negative one.Assuming the relationship to be linear, multiple correlationanalysis was applied, and significant correlation of approximately0.75 was found.Furthermore, assuming the relation to be a complex andnonlinear system, a heuristic self-organization approach, known asthe GMDH (Group Method of Data Handling), was applied, and moreprecise analysis was made for subdivided population density classes.Accuracy of population density identification from Landsat data wasapproximately 60 per cent through 7 5 per cent, according topopulation density values of each subdivided class
