Title :
Unsupervised Multispectral Image Classification using Artificial Ants
Author :
Khedam, Radja ; Outemzabet, Nabil ; Tazaoui, Yacine ; Belhadj-Aissa, Aichouche
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. Houari Boumediene, Algiers
Abstract :
Based on the existing works dealing on data clustering with artificial ants, we contribute in this paper to resolve a real clustering problem related on unsupervised multispectral image classification using ants approach, where classes are found without the a priori knowledge of the correct number of classes. Knowing that most of the unsupervised classification methods require the definition of a probable number of classes and an initial partition, the proposed ant-based approach is very interesting insofar for remotely sensed data over the whole of earth, it is not easy to obtain this a priori knowledge
Keywords :
artificial life; image classification; optimisation; pattern clustering; a priori knowledge; artificial ants; data clustering; remote data sensing; unsupervised multispectral image classification; Cadaver; Computer science; Earth; Image processing; Image resolution; Insects; Laboratories; Multispectral imaging; Remote monitoring; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd
Conference_Location :
Damascus
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9521-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684394