A sub-pixel mapping algorithm based on artificial immune systems for remote sensing imagery

In this paper, a new sub-pixel mapping method inspired by the clonal selection algorithm (CSA) in artificial immune systems (AIS) is proposed, namely clonal selection subpixel mapping (CSSM). In CSSM, the sub-pixel mapping problem becomes one of assigning land cover classes to the sub-pixels while maximizing the spatial dependence by clonal selection algorithm. CSSM inherits the biologic properties of human immune systems, i.e. clone, mutation, memory, to build a memory-cell population with a diverse set of local optimal solutions. Based on the memory-cell population, CSSM outputs the value of the memory cell and find the optimal sub-pixel mapping result. The proposed method was tested using the synthetic and degraded real imagery. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach outperform traditional sub-pixel mapping algorithms, and hence provide an effective option for sub-pixel mapping of remote sensing imagery.