单变量特征选择的苏北地区主要农作物遥感识别

遥感识别多源特征综合和特征优选是提高遥感影像分类精度的关键技术。农作物遥感识别中,识别特征的相对单一和数量过多均会导致作物识别精度不理想。随机森林(random forests)采用分类与回归树(CART)算法来生成分类树,结合了bagging和随机选择特征变量的优点,是一种有效的分类方法。单变量特征选择(univariate feature selection)能够对每一个待分类的特征进行测试,衡量该特征和响应变量之间的关系,根据得分舍弃不好的特征,优选得到的特征用于分类。本文基于随机森林和单变量特征选择,利用多时相光谱信息、植被指数信息、纹理信息及波段差值信息,设计多组分类实验方案,对江苏省泗洪县的高分一号(GF-1)和环境一号(HJ-1A)影像进行分类研究,旨在选择最佳的分类方案对实验区主要农作物进行识别和提取。实验结果表明:(1)多源信息综合的农作物分类精度明显高于单一的原始光谱特征分类,说明不同类型特征的引入能改善分类效果;(2)基于单变量特征选择算法的优选特征分类效果最佳,总体精度97.07%,Kappa系数0.96,表明了特征优选在降低维度的同时,也保证了较高的分类精度。随机森林和单变量特征选择结合的方法可以提高遥感影像的分类精度,为农作物的识别和提取研究提供了有效的方法。     

Logistic Regression for Feature Selection and Soft Classification of Remote Sensing Data

Feature selection is a key task in remote sensing data processing, particularly in case of classification from hyperspectral images. A logistic regression (LR) model may be used to predict the probabilities of the classes on the basis of the input features, after ranking them according to their relative importance. In this letter, the LR model is applied for both the feature selection and the classification of remotely sensed images, where more informative soft classifications are produced naturally. The results indicate that, with fewer restrictive assumptions, the LR model is able to reduce the features substantially without any significant decrease in the classification accuracy of both the soft and hard classifications     

基于混合式特征选择的高分五号影像农田识别

精准农田识别是农作物估产和粮食安全评估的基础。遥感数据作为农田识别的重要数据源,可提供动态、快速的监测结果。高光谱数据在农田识别分类方面具有巨大的应用潜力,但其中的冗余波段影响了分类效率和分类精度。因此,本研究提出了一种适用于高光谱数据农田分类的混合式特征选择算法。首先,基于变量的重要性排序或约束程度,按步长逐步进行降维;其次,寻找分类精度骤减的转折点,并将其对应的变量作为特征子集;最后,利用序列后向选择SBS（Sequential Backward Selection）方法搜索最优分类特征子集。本研究利用GF-5高光谱数据,共研究了3种降维方法（随机森林RF（Random Forest）、互信息MI（Multi-Information）和L1正则化（L1 regularization））和3种分类算法（随机森林、支持向量机SVM（Support Vector Machine）和K近邻KNN（K-Nearest Neighbor））的组合在农田分类中的表现。结果表明,基于L1正则化法得到的特征子集自相关性较低,并且包含的红边和近红外波段有效提高了农田、森林和裸土的区分度。在不同分类模型比较中发现,SVM在高维空间中表现出非常好的抗噪能力,分类精度高于RF和KNN。而RF在低维空间中的泛化能力要高于SVM和KNN。相比于第一步降维得到的特征子集,使用SBS搜索得到的最优特征子集均提高了分类精度。最终,具有23维输入的L1-SVM-SBS分类模型得到了最高的总体分类精度（94.64%）和农田召回率（95.83%）。本研究为高光谱数据特征优选提供了一种新思路,筛选出了更具代表性的特征波段,提高了农田分类精度,对高光谱遥感分类研究具有参考价值。     

Some issues related with sub-pixel classification using HYSI data from IMS-1 satellite

The mixed pixels are treated as noise or uncertainty in class allocation of a pixel and conventional hard classification algorithms may thus produce inaccurate classification outputs. Thus application of sub-pixel or soft classification methods have been adopted for classification of images acquired in complex and uncertain environment. The main objective of this research work has been to study the effect of feature dimensionality using statistical learning classifier — support vector machine (SVM with sigmoid kernel) while using different single and composite operators in fuzzy-based error matrixes generation. In this work mixed pixels have been used at allocation and testing stages and sub-pixel classification outputs have been evaluated using fuzzy-based error matrixes applying single and composite operators for generating matrix. As subpixel accuracy assessment were not available in commercial software, so in-house SMIC (Sub-pixel Multispectral Image Classifier) package has been used. Data used for this research work was from HySI sensor at 506 m spatial resolution from Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1) satellite launched on April 28, 2008 by Indian Space Research Organisation using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C9, acquired on 18^th May 2008 for classification output and IRS-P6, AWIFS data for testing at sub-pixel reference data. The finding of this research illustrate that the uncertainty estimation at accuracy assessment stage can be carried while using single and composite operators and overall maximum accuracy was achieved while using 40 (13 to 52 bands) band data of HySI (IMS-1).     

Sub-pixel land-cover mapping with improved fraction images upon multiple-point simulation

Outputs of soft classification inherently contain uncertainty. As an input for the sub-pixel mapping (SPM) method, the uncertainty is propagated to SPM result especially the boundary region between classes. Therefore, reducing the uncertainty within the outputs of soft classification is worth exploring. This paper firstly utilizes multiple-point simulation (MPS) through training images for characterizing the spatial structural properties of a surface object/class. Consequently, MPS results are used to increase the accuracy of the fraction image of the surface object/class. The improved fraction image then inputs to the SPM method for producing the land cover map with finer spatial resolution. In order to validate the proposed method, a remotely sensed image from Landsat TM 30 m over the Qianyanzhou red earth hill region in China is used. This experimental study not only compares the results from SPM with improved fraction images with MPS and results from SPM with original fraction images, but also investigates the performances of different soft classifiers. It has been demonstrated that this proposed method is an effective way to reduce the uncertainty in outputs of different soft classification, increase the recognition accuracies of boundary regions and thus increase the accuracies of SPM simulated images.     

特征贡献度与PCA结合的遥感影像分类特征选择优化方法研究

面向对象遥感影像分类过程中,特征选择是保证分类精度和提高分类速度的关键因素。本文针对高分影像特征过多造成维度灾难、无法取舍有效特征导致低分类精度等问题,提出了一种基于特征贡献度与主成分分析(PCA)结合的特征选择优化方法,定量分析并提取影像特征。本文首先利用特征贡献度进行特征选择,提取有效特征;然后进行PCA变换消除特征间相互影响,降低维度,将提取的143个影像分类特征经选择与变换至20个主成分特征,最终优化的特征在神经网络(ANN)、K最近邻法(KNN)和支持向量机(SVM)三种分类实验结果中的总精度分别提高了10.56%、7.78%和6.11%,实现了较好的分类效果,说明优化的特征选择方法不仅大大降低了特征维度,减少了后端分类计算量,同时有效提高了分类精度。     

Entropy-based fuzzy classification parameter optimization using uncertainty variation across spatial resolution

In the past researchers have suggested hard classification approaches for pure pixel remote sensing data and to handle mixed pixels soft classification approaches have been studied for land cover mapping. In this research work, while selecting fuzzy c-means (FCM) as a base soft classifier entropy parameter has been added. For this research work Resourcesat-1 (IRS-P6) datasets from AWIFS, LISSIII and LISS-IV sensors of same date have been used. AWIFS and LISS-III datasets have been used for classification and LISS-III and LISS-IV data were used for reference data generation, respectively. Soft classified outputs from entropy based FCM classifiers for AWIFS and LISS-III datasets have been evaluated using sub-pixel confusion uncertainty matrix (SCM). It has been observed that output from FCM classifier has higher classification accuracy with higher uncertainty but entropy-based classifier with optimum value of regularizing parameter generates classified output with minimum uncertainty.     

综合多特征的Landsat 8时序遥感图像棉花分类方法

传统的多时相遥感图像分类大多拘泥于单一特征,本文基于多时相的Landsat 8遥感数据,开展了综合多特征的特征提取与特征选择方法研究。综合了NDVI时间序列、最佳时相反射率光谱特征以及纹理特征作为初始分类特征,并采用基于属性重要度的粗糙集特征选择算法对其进行特征约简。分类结果表明:(1)利用初始分类特征,分类的总体精度达到92.81%,棉花提取精度达87.4%,与仅利用NDVI时间序列相比,精度分别提高5.53%和5.05%;(2)利用粗糙集选择后的特征分类,分类总体精度可达93.66%,棉花分类精度达92.73%,与初始分类特征提取结果相比,棉花分类精度提高5.33%。基于属性重要度的粗糙集特征选择不仅提高了分类精度,同时有效降低了分类器的计算复杂度。     

机载LiDAR点云数据降维与分类的随机森林方法

探索自动化的激光点云分类方法对于三维建模、城市土地分类、DEM制图等应用具有重要作用。考虑到现有的点云分类算法在提取依赖邻域结构的特征参数时面临邻域尺度的选择难、数据维度高、计算复杂,并且缺乏对分类特征参数的重要性评估和选择等问题,本文提出了基于随机森林的机载LiDAR点云数据降维与分类方法。在分析点云数据的高程、回波、强度等属性特征的基础上,提取归一化高度、高度统计量、表面特征、空间分布特征、回波特征及强度特征6大类特征参数,并构建多尺度特征参数,运用随机森林的特征选择算法对分类特征集进行优化,然后进行点云分类。试验结果表明,基于随机森林的特征选择方法可以有效地降低特征维度,并且使得总体分类精度达到94.3%（Kappa系数为0.922）,相比于使用全部特征分类和SVM分类方法而言,该方法的总体分类精度均有一定程度的提高;特征的重要性度量结果表明,归一化高度特征在点云分类中所起的作用最大。     

Efficacy of multi-season Sentinel-2 imagery for compositional vegetation classification

Vegetation maps are essential tools for the conservation and management of landscapes as they contain essential information for informing conservation decisions. Traditionally, maps have been created using field-based approaches which, due to limitations in costs and time, restrict the size of the area for which they can be created and frequency at which they can be updated. With the increasing availability of satellite sensors providing multi-spectral imagery with high temporal frequency, new methods for efficient and accurate vegetation mapping have been developed. The objective of this study was to investigate to what extent multi-seasonal Sentinel-2 imagery can assist in mapping complex compositional classifications at fine spatial scales. We deliberately chose a challenging case study, namely a visually and structurally homogenous scrub vegetation (known as kwongan) of Western Australia. The classification scheme consists of 24 target classes and a random 60/40 split was used for model building and validation. We compared several multi-temporal (seasonal) feature sets, consisting of numerous combinations of spectral bands, vegetation indices as well as principal component and tasselled cap transformations, as input to four machine learning classifiers (Support Vector Machines; SVM, Nearest Neighbour; NN, Random Forests; RF, and Classification Trees; CT) to separate target classes. The results show that a multi-temporal feature set combining autumn and spring images sufficiently captured the phenological differences between the classes and produced the best results, with SVM (74%) and NN (72%) classifiers returning statistically superior results compared to RF (65%) and CT (50%). The SWIR spectral bands captured during spring, the greenness indices captured during spring and the tasselled cap transformations derived from the autumn image emerged as most informative, which suggests that ecological factors (e.g. shared species, patch dynamics) occurring at a sub-pixel level likely had the biggest impact on class confusion. However, despite these challenges, the results are auspicious and suggest that seasonal Sentinel-2 imagery has the potential to predict compositional vegetation classes with high accuracy. Further work is needed to determine whether these results are replicable in other vegetation types and regions.     

基于多层反卷积网络的SAR图像分类

针对传统特征提取方法不能提取目标高层结构特征的问题,提出了一种基于软概率的池化方法,结合多层反卷积网络,学习目标的高层结构特征,并将其用于合成孔径雷达(SAR)图像分类。首先对SAR图像进行子块划分,然后对每个子块进行基于多层反卷积网络的特征编码,学习出不同层次上的图像特征,最后将该特征用于支持向量机(SVM)分类器,实现SAR图像的分类。在国内首批SAR数据上的实验表明,该算法获得了较高的分类准确率。     

Accurate mapping of forest types using dense seasonal Landsat time-series

An accurate map of forest types is important for proper usage and management of forestry resources. Medium resolution satellite images (e.g., Landsat) have been widely used for forest type mapping because they are able to cover large areas more efficiently than the traditional forest inventory. However, the results of a detailed forest type classification based on these images are still not satisfactory. To improve forest mapping accuracy, this study proposed an operational method to get detailed forest types from dense Landsat time-series incorporating with or without topographic information provided by DEM. This method integrated a feature selection and a training-sample-adding procedure into a hierarchical classification framework. The proposed method has been tested in Vinton County of southeastern Ohio. The detailed forest types include pine forest, oak forest, and mixed-mesophytic forest. The proposed method was trained and validated using ground samples from field plots. The three forest types were classified with an overall accuracy of 90.52% using dense Landsat time-series, while topographic information can only slightly improve the accuracy to 92.63%. Moreover, the comparison between results of using Landsat time-series and a single image reveals that time-series data can largely improve the accuracy of forest type mapping, indicating the importance of phenological information contained in multi-seasonal images for discriminating different forest types. Thanks to zero cost of all input remotely sensed datasets and ease of implementation, this approach has the potential to be applied to map forest types at regional or global scales.     

面向对象的旱区植被遥感精细分类研究

针对旱区植被分类尺度过大、种群无法准确提取的问题,该文提出了面向对象的CFS-RF分类模型,即利用CFS算法对先验样本数据集进行特征优选,结合随机森林构建分类规则,完成分类过程。以新疆阿勒泰为研究区,利用GF-2数据,通过CFS、ReliefF两种不同特征选择方法和J48、SVM、RF 3种分类算法构造出6种面向对象分类方案来实现小尺度植被种群提取。结果表明,经过特征选择,上述分类方案的精度和效率均得到了提升。其中,CFS-RF算法最优,总体精度达到92.41%,Kappa系数为0.90,更适用于旱区植被遥感精细分类。     

利用Sentinel-2A数据提取长江中下游丘陵地带农作物种植信息

长江中下游丘陵地带地块细小破碎、种植结构复杂,导致作物遥感光谱特征相互纠缠,信息精确提取困难等.本文基于Sentinel-2A数据提出了多特征组合优化的丘陵地带农作物种植结构精确识别方法.首先获取研究区内主要农作物的关键物候特征信息;然后计算其光谱特征、纹理特征、地形特征值,构建原始特征集;最后采用随机森林方法对特征进...     

日光温室的纹理特征分层提取

针对高分辨率影像上日光温室的信息提取问题,该文提出了利用支持向量机、最近邻算法结合纹理特征在不同层上分别提取连片日光温室和独栋日光温室的方法。实验表明:纹理特征能提高分类精度,在大尺度的层上,分类精度提升幅度较大,但在小尺度的层上,分类精度提升幅度会比较小;并不是参与运算特征数越多,分类精度越高,多数情况下光谱+纹理组合的分类精度最高;提取连片日光温室的最优方案是支持向量机和光谱+形状+纹理(7像素×7像素),总精度为92.86%,Kappa系数为0.90,而提取独栋日光温室最优方案为SVM和光谱+纹理(11像素×11像素),总精度为88.39%,Kappa系数为0.86。     

应用分水岭变换与支持向量机的极化SAR图像分类

结合分水岭变换与支持向量机的特性,提出一种新的极化SAR图像分类算法。其基本思想是先通过分水岭变换及区域合并处理,将极化SAR图像分割成一系列同质区;再以同质区为基本单元,进行特征提取及样本选择后采用支持向量机分类。实验结果表明,该算法可有效降低相干斑对分类的影响,与传统基于像素的SVM算法相比,其分类精度有显著的提高,且结果也更易于理解。     

Analyzing fine-scale wetland composition using high resolution imagery and texture features

In order to monitor natural and anthropogenic disturbance effects to wetland ecosystems, it is necessary to employ both accurate and rapid mapping of wet graminoid/sedge communities. Thus, it is desirable to utilize automated classification algorithms so that the monitoring can be done regularly and in an efficient manner. This study developed a classification and accuracy assessment method for wetland mapping of at-risk plant communities in marl prairie and marsh areas of the Everglades National Park. Maximum likelihood (ML) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifiers were tested using 30.5 cm aerial imagery, the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), first and second order texture features and ancillary data. Additionally, appropriate window sizes for different texture features were estimated using semivariogram analysis. Findings show that the addition of NDVI and texture features increased classification accuracy from 66.2% using the ML classifier (spectral bands only) to 83.71% using the SVM classifier (spectral bands, NDVI and first order texture features).     

Optimizing support vector machine learning for semi-arid vegetation mapping by using clustering analysis

In remote sensing communities, support vector machine (SVM) learning has recently received increasing attention. SVM learning usually requires large memory and enormous amounts of computation time on large training sets. According to SVM algorithms, the SVM classification decision function is fully determined by support vectors, which compose a subset of the training sets. In this regard, a solution to optimize SVM learning is to efficiently reduce training sets. In this paper, a data reduction method based on agglomerative hierarchical clustering is proposed to obtain smaller training sets for SVM learning. Using a multiple angle remote sensing dataset of a semi-arid region, the effectiveness of the proposed method is evaluated by classification experiments with a series of reduced training sets. The experiments show that there is no loss of SVM accuracy when the original training set is reduced to 34% using the proposed approach. Maximum likelihood classification (MLC) also is applied on the reduced training sets. The results show that MLC can also maintain the classification accuracy. This implies that the most informative data instances can be retained by this approach.     

基于随机森林特征优选的冬小麦分类方法

本文基于多时相Landsat 8 OLI数据,进行综合光谱、植被指数的特征提取与特征选择的方法研究。通过分析光谱与植被指数特征时序变化,提取最佳时相光谱,构建小麦提取特征;采用基于重要性与Pearson相关性的随机森林特征选择算法优选特征。结果表明:利用优选特征分类时,总体精度为89.78%,小麦分类精度为98.33%;与优选前特征的分类结果相比,精度分别提高了2.96%、2.55%;基于重要性与Pearson相关性的随机森林特征选择提高了分类精度和分类器工作效率。     

基于OLI影像多参数设置的SVM分类研究

在遥感影像自动分类中仅使用光谱特征很难产生正确的分类,OLI影像是波段数较多的多光谱影像,如果增加纹理、几何等多种特征以提高分类精度,就会使得特征的维度很高.支持向量机善于解决小样本、非线性和高维的影像分类问题,但是核函数和参数的设置只能依靠实验来获得.文中在OLI影像中提取了23个特征,逐个测试核函数和参数值对分类结果的影响.研究的主要结论如下：RBF核的支持向量机分类精度最高,Sigmoid核支持向量机分类精度最低;核函数的选择对分类精度的影响最大;核函数和参数值的变化不会影响重要特征的使用,3种核的支持向量机分类所使用的重要特征基本一致.