Fuzzy classification of remote-sensing images: a pseudocolor representation of fuzzy partitions

Josep R. Casas; Alain Hillion; Christian Roux; Luis Torres; Antoni Gasull

doi:10.1117/12.130844

16 December 1992 Fuzzy classification of remote-sensing images: a pseudocolor representation of fuzzy partitions

Josep R. Casas, Alain Hillion, Christian Roux, Luis Torres, Antoni Gasull

Proceedings Volume 1766, Neural and Stochastic Methods in Image and Signal Processing; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130844
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

In the field of remote sensing (RS) image classification, pattern indeterminacy due to inherent data variability is always present. Class mixture, too, is a serious handicap to conventional classifiers in order to settle proper class patterns. Fuzzy classification techniques improve the extraction of information yielded by conventional methods, i.e., statistical classification procedures, because both in the design of the classifier and when bringing out classification results, natural fuzziness present in real-world recognition processes is considered. This paper presents first the application of a fuzzy classification algorithm from Kent and Mardia to RS images, along with the analysis of the results and comparison against `hard' classifications. Secondly, we put forward one particular method to display these results (fuzzy partitions) by coding pixels' membership into a pseudocolor representation. This representation is intended to serve as an interface between fuzzy coefficients resulting from the classification process and a very natural way for humans to perceive information such as that of color mixtures.

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Josep R. Casas, Alain Hillion, Christian Roux, Luis Torres, and Antoni Gasull "Fuzzy classification of remote-sensing images: a pseudocolor representation of fuzzy partitions", Proc. SPIE 1766, Neural and Stochastic Methods in Image and Signal Processing, (16 December 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130844

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