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July the 5th
9.00 – 10.15 Registration, coffee available
Session1 – Introduction (Chair M. Marchetti)
Opening and welcome to AISF (F. Mancini)
Organisation and presentation of the workshop (G.
Chirici)
From the 1st to the 2nd NN workshop:
status and trends in the NN community (R. E. McRoberts
& E. Tomppo)
Session 2 - Theoretical contributions (Chair P. Corona)
Design based approach to the kNN techniques in forest
inventory (L. Fattorini, P. Corona, S. Franceschi, F.
Baffetta)
Diagnostic
tools for Nearest Neighbor Techniques (R. E. McRoberts)
Discussion of the distance metric of nearest neighbour
analysis as a measure of imputation accuracy (V. LeMay)
Performance of k-NN imputations and the dimension of the
ancillary variables (S. Magnussen)
Lunch
Break
Session
3 –
Optimization of NN methods (Chair E. Tomppo)
Reducing or condensing the nearest neighbor reference set
(R. E. McRoberts)
Use of ancillary information to improve k-NN forest volume
estimation in a Mediterranean region (F. Maselli, M.
Chiesi, L. Bottai)
Feature selection in combining satellite imagery and aerial
photographs for multi-source forest inventory (S.
Tuominen & R. Haapanen)
Coffee Break
Efficient
k-Nearest Neighbor searches for multi-source forest attribute
mapping (A.O. Finley & R.E. McRoberts)
Spatially
consistent data for forestry scenario analysis (A. Barth,
J. Wallerman, G, Ståhl)
Usefulness
of nearest neighbour regression techniques and national
forest inventory data for the estimation of forest stand
tables in Switzerland (D.
Bierer & A. Lanz)
Open
discussion
Social
Dinner
July the 6th
Session
4 -
Application of NN techniques for estimation of quantitative
variables (Chair R. E. McRoberts)
Extension of field inventory data over the forest land in
northern Italy by means of k-NN method and Landsat 7 ETM+
(N. Puletti, R. Bertini, G. Chirici, F. Giannetti, D.
Travaglini)
Predicting
the volume of dead wood from satellite images using k-NN
(N. Vainikainen & E. Tomppo)
Estimation of forest biodiversity variables:
multiregressive vs. k-NN methods, SPOT vs. Landsat
(U. Chiavetta, G. Chirici, P. Corona, M. Marchetti)
Estimating aboveground biomass in a forest-tundra ecosystem
in Siberia: combining satellite imagery (QuickBird, ASTER)
and field inventory data with a non parametric approach
(H. Fuchs, P. Magdon, C. Kleinn, N. Mikheyeva, H. Flessa)
Coffee
Break
Design
based approach to the kNN techniques in forest inventory:
study cases (S. Franceschi, P. Corona, L. Fattorini, M. Marchetti,
G. Chirici, F. Baffetta)
KNN-based Estimation of growing stock for mountain forests
in South-Korea (J. Yim, C. Kleinn, M. Shin)
Estimation
of forest inventory attributes by k-nearest neighbours
algorithms in Bosnia (A. Cabaravdic, G. Chirici, P.
Corona, D.R. Pelz, D. Travaglini)
Comparison of nearest neighbor imputation methods for
estimating frequency of cavity trees for western Oregon
forests (H. Temesgen, V. LeMay, G. Latta, T. Barrett)
Lunch
Break
Session
5 – Application of NN techniques for classification of
categorical variables (Chair V. LeMay)
Probabilistic
classifiers using nearest neighbor balls (B. Ranneby & J.
Yu)
Predicting categorical variables by means of an improved k-NN
(E.
Tomppo, C. Gagliano, F. de Natale)
Operational
use of nationwide Landsat data to downscale forest
information within the frame of the Austrian National Forest
Inventory (C. Bauerhansl & T. Koukal)
Nearest neighbour
classification in large scale forest mapping (A.
Pekkarinen, L. Reithmaier, P. Strobl)
Coffee
Break
Final
discussion and workshop follow up
Posters
Application of geostatistics in inventory of natural forests of Iran (R. Akhavan & M. Zobeiri)
Multivariate analysis on rapid growth of planted loblolly
pine (Pinus taeda L.) stands in northern Iran (A. Bonyad)
Neighbourhood analysis of Sal
(Shorea robusta Gaertn.f) in near natural and coppiced Sal forests at
Madhupur, Bangladesh (Md.M. Rahman, A. Nishat, G.M.M. Rahman ,
R. Herwig, H. Vacik)
Using
Quickbird imagery and k-NN approach to assess forest spatial
structural diversity: a case study in central Italy (A.
Lamonaca & P. Corona)
July the 7th
Excursion to the Vallombrosa Forest
8.30 - Departure by bus from Florence (main train station)
to Vallombrosa
9.30
– Arrival in Vallombrosa
Visit of the facilities of the Universtity of Florence and
presentation of the history of the forest and the new forest
management plan
Excursion in the forest
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Visit of the abbey and getting in touch with
the everyday life of monks
16.00 - Departure from Vallombrosa
17.00
- Arrival back to Florence main train station
Draft Program
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