Professor Dr. Pramod K. Varshney
Syracuse University
Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science
Syracuse, NY 13244
U.S.A.
Dr. Manoj K. Arara
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Department of Civil Engineering
Roorkee 247 667
India
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Syracuse University
Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science
Syracuse, NY 13244
U.S.A.
Dr. Manoj K. Arara
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Department of Civil Engineering
Roorkee 247 667
India
Cover: HyMap hyperspectral image ofNingaloo Reef, Western Australia.
Source: Merton, UNSW CRSGIS.
ISBN 978-3-642-06001-4
ISBN 978-3-662-05605-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-05605-9
Library of Congress Control Number: 2004104167
This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of this material is
concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitations, broadcasting,
reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or
parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its
current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH.
Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law.
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even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and
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