Predicting plant water content in Eucalyptus grandis forest stands in KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa using field spectra resampled to the Sumbandila Satellite Sensor

The measurement of plant water content is essential to assess stress and disturbance in forest plantations. Traditional techniques to assess plant water content are costly, time consuming and spatially restrictive. Remote sensing techniques offer the alternative of a non-destructive and instantaneous method of assessing plant water content over large spatial scales where ground measurements would be impossible on a regular basis. In the context of South Africa, due to the cost and availability of imagery, studies focusing on the estimation of plant water content using remote sensing data have been limited. With the scheduled launch of the South African satellite SumbandilaSat evident in 2009, it is imperative to test the utility of this satellite in estimating plant water content. This study resamples field spectral data measured from a field spectrometer to the band settings of the SumbandilaSat in order to test its potential in estimating plant water content in a Eucalyptus plantation. The resampled SumbandilaSat wavebands were input into a neural network due to its ability to model non-linearity in a dataset and its inherent ability to perform better than conventional linear models. The integrated approach involving neural networks and the resampled field spectral data successfully predicted plant water content with a correlation coefficient of 0.74 and a root mean square error (RMSE) of 1.41% on an independent test dataset outperforming the traditional multiple regression method of estimation. The best-trained neural network algorithm that was chosen for assessing the relationship between plant water content and the SumbandilaSat bands was based on a few points only and more research is required to test the robustness and effectiveness of this sensor in estimating plant water content across different species and seasons. This is critical for monitoring plantation health in South Africa using a cheaply available local sensor containing key vegetation wavelengths.     

平坦地区GPS高程异常拟合方法研究

结合GPS测量和水准测量资料,用BP人工神经网络和RBF人工神经网络方法和二次多项式曲面拟合方法拟合高程异常,对平坦地区GPS高程异常拟合精度进行比较分析,得出有实用价值的结论。     

Approaches for delineating landslide hazard areas using different training sites in an advanced artificial neural network model

The current paper presents landslide hazard analysis around the Cameron area, Malaysia, using advanced artificial neural networks with the help of Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing techniques. Landslide locations were determined in the study area by interpretation of aerial photographs and from field investigations. Topographical and geological data as well as satellite images were collected, processed, and constructed into a spatial database using GIS and image processing. Ten factors were selected for landslide hazard including: 1) factors related to topography as slope, aspect, and curvature; 2) factors related to geology as lithology and distance from lineament; 3) factors related to drainage as distance from drainage; and 4) factors extracted from TM satellite images as land cover and the vegetation index value. An advanced artificial neural network model has been used to analyze these factors in order to establish the landslide hazard map. The back-propagation training method has been used for the selection of the five different random training sites in order to calculate the factor’s weight and then the landslide hazard indices were computed for each of the five hazard maps. Finally, the landslide hazard maps (five cases) were prepared using GIS tools. Results of the landslides hazard maps have been verified using landslide test locations that were not used during the training phase of the neural network. Our findings of verification results show an accuracy of 69%, 75%, 70%, 83% and 86% for training sites 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. GIS data was used to efficiently analyze the large volume of data, and the artificial neural network proved to be an effective tool for landslide hazard analysis. The verification results showed sufficient agreement between the presumptive hazard map and the existing data on landslide areas.     

土壤含盐量反演的研究

运用Hyperion数据,以黑龙江省大庆市某一实验区为例,开展对土壤含盐量定量提取的研究,通过对图像预处理、特征提取、建立BP神经网络模型（Back Propagation Network）等研究工作,探讨反演土壤含盐量的方法。研究结果表明：神经网络模型具有极强的线性和非线性拟合能力,模拟遥感影像特征与土壤盐分之间比较复杂的关系上有很大优势。研究结果不但为利用Hyperion数据反演土壤含盐量提供理论依据,而且还为其它地表参数的反演提供参考。     

径向基神经网络GPS高程转换方法

针对GPS高程转换问题,给出了基于径向基神经网络转换GPS高程的模型。用实际观测数据对该模型进行了试验,结果表明,用径向基神经网络转换GPS高程精度高于二次拟合法和BP神经网络法。径向基神经网络能够有效克服BP神经网络局部极小值的缺点,并且具有较高的收敛速度,在GPS高程转换方面具有广阔应用前景。     

模糊神经网络在变形分析与预报中的应用研究

研究了模糊神经网络的网络建模,提出了单点建模、分组建模和整体建模3种建模方法,为变形分析和预报提供了新思路。结合滑坡变形实例,指出了模糊神经网在工程变形分析和预报中的可行性。     

一种QoS保证的容错拓扑控制算法

提出了一种QoS保证的容错拓扑控制算法,该算法能够构建干扰最小的K连通拓扑结构,并使任意节点间的最短(最小跳数)路径的干扰最小。仿真结果表明,在保持相同强度抗毁能力的同时,新的算法降低了网络中的干扰,更好地改善了网络的传输性能。     

异构传感器网络基于身份的认证及密钥协商方案

结合身份密码体制,提出了一个基于身份和地理位置信息的异构传感器网络(HSN)节点间的双向认证及密钥协商方案。不同性能节点之间采用不同的协议完成身份认证和密钥建立,充分发挥了高性能节点的能力,降低了低性能节点的能耗。该方案具有完美前向保密性和主密钥前向保密性,具有较好的抗节点伪造、节点复制和女巫攻击能力。分析与仿真表明,该方案具有较好的安全性。     

直线特征辅助的靠岸舰船检测

针对靠岸舰船难以检测的问题,提出了一种直线特征辅助的靠岸舰船检测方法。首先利用高精度的卷积神经网络目标检测算法YOLOv3对影像进行粗检测,获取可能存在舰船目标的区域作为兴趣区域;然后提取影像的直线特征,将直线的方向作为确定舰船方向的辅助信息;最后利用具有一定角度的滑动窗口遍历兴趣区域获取候选目标,并对侯选目标进行二次分类和识别得到最终检测结果。利用不同港口的遥感影像进行实验的结果表明,提出方法能够有效检测港口内多种方向和并列停靠的舰船目标。     

Improving neural network performance on the classification of complex geographic datasets

Neural Networks are now established computational tools used for search minimisation and data classification. They offer some highly desirable features for landuse classification problems since they are able to take in a variety of data types, recorded on different statistical scales, and combine them. As such, neural networks should offer advantages of increased accuracy. However, a barrier to their general acceptance and use by all but `experts' is the difficulty of configuring the network initially.  This paper describes the architectural problems of applying neural networks to landcover classification exercises in geography and details some of the latest developments from an ongoing research project aimed at overcoming these problems. A comprehensive strategy for the configuration of neural networks is presented, whereby the network is automatically constructed by a process involving initial analysis of the training data. By careful study of the functioning of each part of the network it is possible to select the architecture and initial weights on the node connections so the constructed network is `right first time'. Further adaptations are described to control network behaviour, to optimise functioning from the perspective of landcover classification. The entire configuration process is encapsulated by a single application which may be treated by the user as a `black box', allowing the network to the applied in much the same way as a maximum likelihood classifier, with no further effort being required of the user.