Polarimetric SAR feature selection using a genetic algorithm
Författare
Summary, in English
One of the main applications of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (POLSAR) images is terrain classification. In this study, an algorithm is presented to extract optimized features of POLSAR images that are required for classification. The proposed algorithm involves three main steps: (i) feature extraction using decomposition algorithms, including both coherent and incoherent decomposition algorithms; (ii) feature selection using a combination of a genetic algorithm (GA) and an artificial neural network (ANN); and (iii) image classification using the neural network. The algorithm is applied to a data set composed of different land cover elements, such as manmade objects, oceans, forests, and vegetation. The classification results obtained by the GA-based feature selection method exhibit the highest accuracy. The best features from the extracted features were identified and used in the classification based on the proposed algorithm.
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
27-36
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
Volym
37
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Physical Geography
Nyckelord
- Remote sensing
- SAR
- Genetic algorithm (GA)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1712-7971