The compares project: Connectionist methods for preprocessing and analysis of REmote sensing data

Abstract

The European Concerted Action "COMPARES" (Concerted Action on COnnectionist Methods for Preprocessing and Analysis of REmote Sensing Data) was hmded within the Environment and Climate Programme of the European Commission. The "COMPARES" project was aimed at focussing and coordinating future research at European level on the general theme of colmectionist computation in the field of Earth Observation (EO). Colmectionist computation can be interpreted as the use of artificial neural networks and parallel distributed processing systems.