Self-Organizing Data Analysis Technique Algorithm Research Articles

A study of high-resolution remote sensing image landslide detection with optimized anchor boxes and edge enhancement

ABSTRACTThis paper takes landslide as a special research object. For the problems of landslide detection in remote sensing images, deep learning and playback method is adopted. Using the You Only Look Once v5 network (YOLOv5) in combination with the Gabor filter, its edge detection, detection anchor frame and small object detection scale are improved and optimized. The YOLOv5(ISODATA) model was finally established for landslide image detection by incorporating the edge control factor and four clustering algorithms (K-means, K-means + +, k-medoid, and Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis Techniques Algorithm (ISODATA) to evaluate the accuracy of the detection anchor frame and add small target large-scale sampling. Three target identification models – YOLOv5, Region Convolution Neural Network (R-CNN), and Fast R-CNN – are experimentally compared in order to assess the effectiveness of the proposed method. According to the results of experiments, the proposed method outperforms the other three detection models with an AUC of 0.921, a recall of 86.14%, and an MCC of 0.887. It further demonstrates the method’s positive impact on landslide remote sensing image recognition and its ability to solve related issues.

UAV-based seagrass wrack orthophotos classification for estimating blue carbon

Seagrass wrack, the detritus from seagrass meadows that accumulates along the coast, is thought to contribute to carbon sequestration in shallow coastal areas when processed into fixed biochar. Accurate and efficient estimation methods for seagrass wrack area size and carbon content are still being explored, especially across multiple seasons. The carbon content of seagrass wrack along the Futtsu coast of Tokyo Bay, Japan, was evaluated using unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) photogrammetry and in-situ measurements of volume and density. A combination of a low-pass filter in pre-processing and the unsupervised iterative self-organizing data analysis technique algorithm (ISODATA) classification method achieved the best classification accuracy when compared with a majority filter and/or any of the three conventional supervised classifiers (support vector machine, random forest, and maximum likelihood classifier). This approach minimizes the manual labor required for determining the area size of the seagrass wrack. The Futtsu tidal flat seagrass wrack carbon for 2020 was estimated to be 3 tons C/yr, accounting for approximately 2% of the seagrass meadow net primary production. These results can greatly assist blue carbon policy implementation.

Day-Ahead Dynamic Assessment of Consumption Service Reserve Based on Morphological Filter

With the development goal of a low-cost and low-carbon reserve market, this paper proposes a dynamic assessment method for day-ahead consumption service reserve demand considering the forecast error of uncertainty power. The iterative self-organizing data analysis techniques algorithm is adopted to cluster the historical actual power into typical scenarios. In addition, the online matching between the typical scenario and the day-ahead forecast power is conducted. In order to realize the hierarchical quantification of reserve demand, the reserve resources in the whole power system are classified according to their response time. Furthermore, the mathematical morphology filter based on the structural elements that are consistent with the response time of the hierarchical reserve resources is initially applied to decompose the historical forecast error of the matched scenarios. The simulation results verify that the proposed dynamic assessment effectively reduces the reserve cost on the basis of being able to cope with multi-time-scale power fluctuations.

A New Method for Continuous Track Monitoring in Regions of Differential Land Subsidence Rate Using the Integration of PS-InSAR and SBAS-InSAR

It is difficult for single time-series Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) processing to guarantee the accuracy and efficiency of continuous track monitoring in regions of differential subsidence. This paper proposes a new method, integrating the Persistent Scatterer InSAR (PS-InSAR) with high precision and the Small Baseline Subset InSAR (SBAS-InSAR) with high efficiency for continuous track monitoring in regions of differential land subsidence rates. Based on PS-InSAR processing, the Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis Techniques (ISODATA) algorithm is adopted to search the boundary of differential subsidence between slow and fast subsidence rates. The SBAS-InSAR processing with high frequency is used to continuously track and monitor the regions with fast subsidence rates incorporating original data and newly added data into small data sets from time to time according to SAR data updating, the monitoring results of which are obtained from the weighted average of the added results of SBAS-InSAR processing and the original results of PS-InSAR processing. The impact of SAR data updating on the slow subsidence rate region is so weak that it is not necessary to simultaneously update the corresponding monitoring results to improve global efficiency. If the slow subsidence rates region must be remeasured in relation to its previous subsidence, or the proportion of new data capacity alters compared with the original data set, PS-InSAR processing is used to analyze the whole monitoring region again using the complete data set. A case study performed on the west region of the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, China, indicates that the density of monitoring points in the fast-subsidence region is greatly improved, increasing from 711 points/km2 to 2760 points/km2—an increase of 288.2%.

Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Variation in Water Coverage in the Sub-Lakes of Poyang Lake Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing

As the largest freshwater lake in China, Poyang Lake is an internationally important wetland and the largest migratory bird habitat in Asia. Many sub-lakes distributed in the lake basin are seasonal lakes, which have a significant impact on hydro-ecological processes and are susceptible to various changes. In this study, using multi-source remote sensing data, a continuous time-series construction method of water coverage suitable in Poyang Lake was developed. That method combined the downscaling of the MNDWI (modified normalized difference water index) with the ISODATA (iterative self-organizing data analysis technique algorithm), and its accuracy can be up to 97% in the months when Landsat 8 is available or 87% when it is unavailable. Based on that method, the increasing variation in water coverage was observed in the sub-lakes of Poyang Lake during 2013–2020 to be within a range of 200–690 km2 normally. The center of the sub-lakes always remained inundated (>80% inundation frequency), while the surrounding areas were probably kept dry for seven months (except for June to September). The dominant influencing factors of water coverage variations were different in different hydrological periods (wet season and dry–wet season: discharge; dry season: temperature and wind speed; wet–dry season: temperature and precipitation). In addition, “returning farmland to lakes” affected the increase in the water area in the sub-lakes. This study is helpful for the management of water resources and the protection of migratory birds in the Poyang Lake region.

Identification of geochemical anomalies related to mineralization: A case study from porphyry copper deposits in the Qulong-Jiama mining district of Tibet, China

Geochemical exploration data plays a vital role in mineral prospectivity mapping (MPM) for discovering unknown mineral deposits. In this study, compositional balance analysis (CoBA), unsupervised and supervised learning are collaboratively used to improve the practice of identification of geochemical anomalies related to mineralization in the Qulong-Jiama mining district of Tibet. For CoBA, five balances of geochemical elements were constructed by the sequential binary partition (SBP) technique, facilitating the interpretation of geochemical/geological processes and contrasting with geochemical anomalies generated by unsupervised and supervised learning. The iterative self-organizing data analysis techniques algorithm (ISODATA) and isolation forest (iForest) are used for preprocessing the geochemical data and therefore optimizing the appropriate training sets (e.g., positive and negative training samples) for supervised learning. Different training datasets including locations of known mineralization, randomly selected positive samples from resulting clusters by ISODATA and outliers by iForest are fed to the support vector machine (SVM) and random forests (RF) algorithm. The results of high AUC values indicate that supervised learning can effectively delineate prospective areas both with SVM and RF, however, the excessive large area of high-prospectivity and a bias toward known mineralization makes the outcomes of MPM unpractical. Nevertheless, a hybrid of the CoBA, unsupervised learning and supervised learning could alleviate such situations and provide insights into MPM using the geochemical data.

Research on Grape-Planting Structure Perception Method Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Multispectral Images in the Field

In order to accurately obtain the distribution of large-field grape-planting sites and their planting information in complex environments, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multispectral image semantic segmentation model based on improved DeepLabV3+ is used to solve the problem that large-field grapes in complex environments are affected by factors such as scattered planting sites and complex background environment of planting sites, which makes the identification of planting areas less accurate and more difficult to manage. In this paper, firstly, the standard deviation (SD) and interband correlation of UAV multispectral images were calculated to obtain the best band combinations for large-field grape images, and five preferred texture features and two preferred vegetation indices were screened using color space transformation and grayscale coevolution matrix. Then, supervised classification methods, such as maximum likelihood (ML), random forest (RF), and support vector machine (SVM), unsupervised classification methods, such as the Iterative Self-organizing Data Analysis Techniques Algorithm (ISO DATA) model and an improved DeepLabV3+ model, are used to evaluate the accuracy of each model in combination with the field visual translation results to obtain the best classification model. Finally, the effectiveness of the classification features on the best model is verified. The results showed that among the four machine learning methods, SVM obtained the best overall classification accuracy of the model; the DeepLabV3+ deep learning scheme based on spectral information + texture + vegetation index + digital surface model (DSM) obtained the best accuracy of overall accuracy (OA) and frequency weight intersection over union (FW-IOU) of 87.48% and 83.23%, respectively, and the grape plantation area relative error of extraction was 1.9%. This collection scheme provides a research basis for accurate interpretation of the planting structure of large-field grapes.

Optimization of Management Zone Delineation for Precision Crop Management in an Intensive Farming System.

Soil is characterized by high spatiotemporal variability due to the combined influence of internal and external factors. The most efficient approach for addressing spatial variability is the use of management zones (MZs). Common approaches for delineating MZs include K-means and fuzzy C-means cluster analysis algorithms. However, these clustering methods have been used to delineate MZs independent of the spatial dependence of soil variables. Thus, the accuracy of the clustering results has been limited. In this study, six soil variables (soil pH, total nitrogen, organic matter, available phosphorus, available potassium, and soil apparent electrical conductivity) were used to characterize the spatial variability within a representative village in Suining County, Jiangsu Province, China. Two variable reduction techniques (PCA, multivariate spatial analysis based on Moran’s index; MULTISPATI-PCA) and three different clustering algorithms (fuzzy C-means clustering, iterative self-organizing data analysis techniques algorithm, and Gaussian mixture model; GMM) were used to optimize the MZ delineation. Different clustering model composites were evaluated using yield data collected after the wheat harvest in 2020. The results indicated that the variable reduction technologies in conjunction with clustering algorithms provided better performance in MZ delineation, with average silhouette coefficient (ASC) and variance reduction (VR) of 0.48–0.57, and 13.35–23.13%, respectively. Moreover, the MULTISPATI-PCA approach was more conducive to identifying variables requiring MZ delineation than traditional PCA methods. Combining MULTISPATI-PCA and the GMM algorithm yielded the greatest VR and ASC values in this study. These results can guide the optimization of MZ delineation in intensive agricultural systems, thus enabling more precise nutrient management.

Client Scheduling and Resource Management for Efficient Training in Heterogeneous IoT-Edge Federated Learning

Federated learning (FL) offers a promising paradigm that empowers numerous Internet of Things (IoT) devices to implement distributed learning on the premise of ensuring user privacy and data security. However, since FL adopts a synchronous distributed training mode, the heterogeneity of participating IoT devices and limited communication resources make FL encounter serious issues of low training efficiency in actual deployment. In this article, we propose an excellent FL policy for the heterogeneous IoT-edge FL system to improve distributed training efficiency. Specifically, first, by borrowing the idea of clustering, we explore an iterative self-organizing data analysis techniques algorithm (ISODATA)-based heterogeneous-aware client scheduling strategy to alleviate the issue of low training efficiency incurred by the heterogeneity of clients. Subsequently, to tackle the challenge of limited communication resources in FL, we first analyze the characteristics of the optimal resource block allocation solution theoretically and then introduce a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP)-based strategy to judiciously allocate resource blocks for scheduled clients. Comprehensive experimental results demonstrate that, compared with benchmarking strategies, our proposed FL policy can achieve up to 55.22% accuracy improvement in a relaxed time scenario, and attain up to <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$3.62\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> acceleration for reaching the specific expected accuracy.

Sustainability of Boro rice cultivation in the canal irrigated command area of India

Abstract A comprehensive assessment and monitoring of rice intensification in canal irrigated command areas and its consequences on groundwater dynamics have enormous importance for the water–food–energy nexus. This study analyzed the spatiotemporal transition of Boro rice cultivation, canal irrigation practices during the cultivation season, and its effect on groundwater of a pioneering multipurpose water resource project in India. The rice maps from 1989 to 2018 were generated from Landsat and Sentinel-2A images using the Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis Technique Algorithm (ISODATA), the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and the enhanced vegetation index (EVI) to understand the historical distribution of rice cultivation. The ISODATA clustering algorithm performed well compared to the NDVI and the EVI with medium-resolution satellite images. The impact of Boro rice cultivation on groundwater resources was investigated by considering GLDAS NOAH model-based crop evapotranspiration, rainfall, and canal water supply. The area under rice cultivation increased from 33 to 66% during 1989–2018 due to its higher stress tolerance ability and productivity. However, during the cultivation period, the canal water supply was limited to the upstream and middle section of the command area, irrigating only 19% of the rice-cultivated area on average. The unavailability of the canal water supply during the cultivation season has led to 31 m of groundwater level depletion, which, if unchecked, may lead to overexploitation of groundwater in the middle and lower sections of the command area. The results of this study can be used to identify vulnerable areas that require urgent attention and accurate implementation of any agricultural or hydrological policy.

Banana Fusarium Wilt Disease Detection by Supervised and Unsupervised Methods from UAV-Based Multispectral Imagery

Banana Fusarium wilt (BFW) is a devastating disease with no effective cure methods. Timely and effective detection of the disease and evaluation of its spreading trend will help farmers in making right decisions on plantation management. The main purpose of this study was to find the spectral features of the BFW-infected canopy and build the optimal BFW classification models for different stages of infection. A RedEdge-MX camera mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was used to collect multispectral images of a banana plantation infected with BFW in July and August 2020. Three types of spectral features were used as the inputs of classification models, including three-visible-band images, five-multispectral-band images, and vegetation indices (VIs). Four supervised methods including Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), Back Propagation Neural Networks (BPNN) and Logistic Regression (LR), and two unsupervised methods including Hotspot Analysis (HA) and Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis Technique Algorithm (ISODATA) were adopted to detect the BFW-infected canopies. Comparing to the healthy canopies, the BFW-infected canopies had higher reflectance in the visible region, but lower reflectance in the NIR region. The classification results showed that most of the supervised and unsupervised methods reached excellent accuracies. Among all the supervised methods, RF based on the five-multispectral-band was considered as the optimal model, with higher overall accuracy (OA) of 97.28% and faster running time of 22 min. For the unsupervised methods, HA reached high and balanced OAs of more than 95% based on the selected VIs derived from the red and NIR band, especially for WDRVI, NDVI, and TDVI. By comprehensively evaluating the classification results of different metrics, the unsupervised method HA was recommended for BFW recognition, especially in the late stage of infection; the supervised method RF was recommended in the early stage of infection to reach a slightly higher accuracy. The results found in this study could give advice for banana plantation management and provide approaches for plant disease detection.

Interval Prediction Method for Wind Power Based on VMD-ELM/ARIMA-ADKDE

Wind power is a new energy source, for which the forecasting accuracy is related to the feasibility of various decision-making schemes for the power grid. The random, fluctuating and uncertain characteristics of wind power make accurate point forecasting very difficult and result in low practical application value. Therefore, a novel wind-power interval prediction method is proposed in this paper. First, variational model decomposition (VMD) is applied to the historical time sequence for wind power, followed by using an extreme learning machine (ELM) to establish a prediction model for the intrinsic mode function (IMF). An autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) is used to establish a prediction model for the residual components, and the predicted IMF and residual components are reconstructed to predict the wind power. Finally, iterative self-organizing data analysis technique algorithm (ISODATA) are used with the error sequence to perform clustering segmentation, and adaptive diffusion kernel density estimation (ADKDE) is used to fit the probability density function for the prediction error of each segment and thereby obtain the cumulative distribution function and the final interval prediction under a given confidence level (CL). The results of a simulation based on real wind farm data from Hunan Province, China, from January to April 2020 show that the proposed method can significantly improve interval coverage.

A Rapid Model (COV_PSDI) for Winter Wheat Mapping in Fallow Rotation Area Using MODIS NDVI Time-Series Satellite Observations: The Case of the Heilonggang Region

Rapid and accurate monitoring of spatial distribution patterns of winter wheat over a long period is of great significance for crop yield prediction and farmland water consumption estimation. However, weather conditions and relatively long revisit cycles often result in an insufficient number of continuous medium-high resolution images over large areas for many years. In addition, the cropland pattern changes frequently in the fallow rotation area. A novel rapid mapping model for winter wheat based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time-series coefficient of variation (NDVI_COVfp) and peak-slope difference index (PSDI) is proposed in this study. NDVI_COVfp uses the time-series index volatility to distinguish cultivated land from background land-cover types. PSDI combines the key growth stages of winter wheat phenology and special bimodal characteristics, substantially reducing the impact of abandoned land and other crops. Taking the Heilonggang as an example, this study carried out a rapid mapping of winter wheat for four consecutive years (2014–2017), and compared the proposed COV_PSDI with two state-of-the-art methods and traditional methods (the Spectral Angle Mapping (SAM) and the Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis Technique Algorithm (ISODATA)). The verification results revealed that the COV_PSDI model improved the overall accuracy (94.10%) by 4% compared with the two state-of-art methods (90.80%, 89.00%) and two traditional methods (90.70%, 87.70%). User accuracy was the highest, which was 93.74%. Compared with the other four methods, the percentage error (PE) of COV_PSDI for four years was the lowest in the same year, with the minimum variation range of PE being 1.6–3.6%. The other methods resulted in serious overestimation. This demonstrated the effectiveness and stability of the method proposed in the rapid and accurate extraction of winter wheat in a large area of fallow crop rotation region. Our study provides insight for remote sensing monitoring of spatiotemporal patterns of winter wheat and evaluation of “fallow rotation” policy implementation.

Ensemble fuzzy radial basis function neural networks architecture driven with the aid of multi-optimization through clustering techniques and polynomial-based learning

This study is concerned with the concept of Ensemble Fuzzy Radial Basis Function Neural Networks (EFRBFNN) endowed with clustering techniques, polynomial-based LSE/WLSE learning as well as their optimization implemented by Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (MOPSO). The network architecture of the proposed EFRBFNN classifier is considered three types of clustering techniques and four forms of regression polynomials. The proposed classifier can not only fully capture the local distribution (feature) information contained in the data, but also choose effective network architecture for improving classification performance and compactness. Three classes of clustering techniques (such as iterative self-organizing data analysis techniques algorithm (ISODATA), affinity propagation (AP), and extended K-means) are considered to effectively produce membership degrees based on feature information extraction suitable to fit data characteristics. Least Square Error Estimation (LSE) and Weighted Least Square Error Estimation (WLSE)-based learning with four types of regression polynomials are considered to estimate to coefficients of polynomials. MOPSO is exploited for choosing the effective architecture among different clustering techniques, polynomials, and polynomial-based learning with multi-objective parametric optimization. MOPSO helps achieve a sound compromise between the preferred classification performance and the compactness realized with the aid of four objective functions such as a) classification accuracy (CA), b) complexity of clustering, c) complexity of polynomial and d) sum of squared coefficients (SSC). The improvement and effectiveness of the proposed network architecture are quantified on a basis of the comprehensive experimental results and also a comparative analysis is offered to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed classifier.

Understanding vehicles commuting pattern based on license plate recognition data

Commuting vehicles are one of the most important vehicles on the road network, especially during morning and evening peak hours. Analysis of commuting vehicles can lay foundation for policy formulation, urban planning, business decision-making. A large number of license plate recognition (LPR) detectors installed on the road network have accumulated a large amount of LPR data that contain the spatio-temporal information on vehicles. Therefore, using the LPR data, the commuting behavior of vehicles can be mined and analyzed. This study takes the LPR data of Hangzhou, China as an example, a series of algorithms are used to extract a total of nine features reflecting the commuting travel behavior using the one-month LPR data, and then the factor analysis method is used to integrate the nine extracted features into three factors. The commuting behavior is characterized from three perspectives: the stability of the vehicle travel behavior during the high frequency travel time period on working days, the stability of the vehicle travel behavior during the non high frequency travel time period, the stability of the origin and destination (OD) of a vehicle during the high frequency travel time period. Based on these three factors, three methods, including the density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise algorithm (DBSCAN), the iterative self-organizing data analysis technique algorithm (ISODATA), and the fast search and find of density peaks clustering algorithm, are used to identify commuting pattern vehicles and their results are compared. Finally, the decision tree algorithm is used to extract the commuting rule and identify commuting vehicles from the collected data. After that, The influence of different high frequency travel time period on commuting rule extraction and commuting pattern vehicle recognition is carefully analyzed. The influence of randomness on the results is also tested. The proposed commuting pattern vehicle recognition algorithm is proved to be robust. The detection frequency and the first and last detected times of commuting vehicles and non commuting vehicles are then analyzed. 78.0% of commuting vehicles were first detected between 06:30 AM and 10:30 AM on each workday on average. And 77.8% of commuting vehicles were last detected between 03:30 PM and 09:30 PM on each workday on average. However, for non commuting vehicles, the phenomenon that start or end the travel during the high frequency travel time period is not obvious. This study lays a foundation for travel policy formulation. For instance, it can provide a reference for the determination of the restricted periods when implementing the travel restriction policy. In addition, the identification of commuting vehicles is extremely useful for public transit network design and optimization, and it can help the decision-making process of a customized commuter bus. In addition, these strategies are expected to reduce the use of private cars and encourage travelers to switch to public transportation.

Geochemically Constrained Prospectivity Mapping Aided by Unsupervised Cluster Analysis

In this paper, we explore unsupervised cluster analysis to aid mineral prospectivity mapping (MPM) in two aspects: (1) to cluster geochemical data for MPM based on detailed analysis of evidence maps and (2) to explore coherence of spatial signatures at/around mineralized locations as well as outliers of geochemical data. To do so, a systematic procedure is proposed based on the Iterative Self-organizing Data Analysis Techniques Algorithm (ISODATA). Through this procedure, the detailed analysis of evidence maps in Hezuo–Meiwu district, Gansu Province, China, which portray five selected geochemical elements, showed that clusters with and without mineralized locations provide insight to weighing of each evidence. Finally, through the integration of evidence maps, the favorability score map yielded high AUC (> 0.80) for delineating various mineralized locations in the study area, which proves the efficacy of unsupervised cluster analysis as an aid to MPM. Moreover, the coherence of spatial signatures of known mineralized locations, which comprise a training dataset, is vital to data-driven MPM. Groupings of mineralized locations based on the ISODATA and visual inspection supported by PCs from principal component analysis imply that different deposit types may share the same or similar spatial signature and outliers in geochemical data may be potential training samples used for data-driven MPM. Mineralized locations of the same deposit type may show significant dissimilarity. However, this provides insights into selecting mineralized/non-mineralized locations for creation of training datasets. Interestingly, in the study area, major mineralized locations in zones divided by regional fault are clustered separately into two groups. This result not only proves that cluster analysis is effective for exploring the coherence of spatial signatures at/around mineralized locations, but it also justified our previous study, whereby we performed MPM by zones using machine learning algorithms.

Area estimating of cotton crop in major districts of Haryana using satellite data

Satellite remote sensing based crop monitoring has the advantage of synoptic, spatial and temporal coverage of an area Recent advances on the resolutions (i.e. spectral, spatial, radiometric, and temporal) and availability of remote sensing imagery have allowed us timely collection of information on the growth and development stages of the cotton crop. The aim of this paper was to review the applicability of the remote sensing-based imagery for cotton area mapping in Major Cotton growing districts of Haryana, India. Landsat 8 and images for kharif season 2019 used for analysis. Growing season of Cotton (April to May) coincides with monsoon season. These images were available on (www.usgs.gov) download portal. In ERDAS unsupervised classification was performed using Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis Technique (ISODATA) algorithm. Using this algorithm, the analyst input the number of clusters desired and a confidence threshold. In Haryana, cotton crop found concentrated in western parts of state. Fatehabd, Jind and parts of adjoining districts of Rajasthan had vast area under cotton. Landsat data gives good quality interpretation because of high resolution.

River body extraction from sentinel-2A/B MSI images based on an adaptive multi-scale region growth method

River networks are important water carriers that provide a multitude of ecosystem services, including freshwater for agriculture, drinking water for cities, and recreational activities. Accurate mapping of river networks from remote-sensing images is important for the study of these systems. Unfortunately, the delineation of river networks is challenging due to the meandering nature of river channels, the often complex and variable features of the surrounding landscape, and the spatial heterogeneity of the river networks. Here, we present an adaptive, multi-scale region growth method (AMRGM) to delineate river networks from sentinel-2A/B MSI images. The method can handle variable river heterogeneous surroundings, multiple spatial scales, and variable curvatures of the river channels. The method includes four steps: (1) a water index (NDWI) is used to provide initial detection of river water pixels in the image; (2) a bias-corrected fuzzy C-means (BCFCM) method alleviates the effects of the variable surrounding landscape; (3) a scale-enhancement algorithm based on the hessian matrix makes full use of scale and direction information to enhance river morphology characteristics (multiple dimensions and variable curvatures), and (4) a regional growth criterion facilitates handling of various river dimensions. Fast-growing and fine-screening strategies are also included in the AMRGM. The method is applied to eight river networks to evaluate its accuracy and reliability with various river morphologies and hydrological conditions. The AMRGM is more widely applicable than four commonly used river-detection methods (i.e., K-means method, maximum likelihood method, iterative self-organizing data analysis technique algorithm, and support vector machine) and outperform these methods when detecting multi-scale river branches. The mean overall accuracy (OA) and kappa coefficients (KC) of the AMRGM exceed 97% and 0.92 across the eight river networks. The most accurate river extractions are obtained for large rivers such as the Amazon River, Mackenzie River, and Ganges River Delta, which have more discernable scale and direction characteristics. Relatively high omission and commission errors are observed in river networks with complex and heterogeneous zonations, such as the river Welland, UK, and the Zagya Zangbo River in the Tibet plateau. The complex geomorphic features of the river Welland reduce OA and KC to 93.8% and 0.86, respectively

Design of a Support System for Complicated Logistics Location Integrating Big Data

Logistics location is an important component of logistics planning that affects traffic pressure and vehicle emissions. To date, there has not been an adequate study of the integration of big data into the location for a complicated logistics system. This study developed a decision support system that can address location problems for complicated logistics systems, e.g., a multilevel urban underground logistics system (ULS), using logistics big data. First, information needed in the logistics location, such as the traffic performance index (TPI) and the origin/destination (OD) matrix, was collected and calculated using a big data platform, and this information was digitized and represented based on a geographic information system (GIS) tool. Second, a two-stage location model for a ULS was designed to balance the construction costs and traffic congestion. The first stage is establishing a set-covering model to identify optimum locations for secondary hubs based on the ant colony optimization algorithm, and the second stage is clustering of the secondary hubs to determine locations for primary hubs using the iterative self-organizing data analysis technique algorithm (ISODATA). Finally, the Xianlin district of Nanjing, China, was chosen as a case study to validate the effectiveness of the proposed system. The system can be used to facilitate logistics network planning and to promote the application of big data in logistics.

A Comparative Analysis of Index-Based Methods for Impervious Surface Mapping Using Multiseasonal Sentinel-2 Satellite Data

Studies have shown that Sentinel-2 images have advantages over Landsat images in impervious surface area (ISA) extraction. The performance of index-based methods can be affected by different binary methods and subject to seasonal variation. This study marks the first attempt to assess the performance of different spectral indices for ISA extraction using multiseasonal Sentinel-2 images. Specifically, five indices (i.e., the biophysical composition index calculated using the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization method, biophysical composition index calculated using a principal component-based Procrustes analysis, Normalized Built-up Area Index (NBAI), combinational build-up index, and perpendicular impervious surface index (PISI)) and three impervious surface binary methods (i.e., Otsu's method, manual method, and Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis Technique Algorithm (ISODATA) classification method) were tested on multi-seasonal Sentinel-2 images in the main urban area of Wuhan, China. Results showed that PISI combined with the ISODATA classification method achieved the highest accuracy with 92.64% OA, and 0.8410 Kappa coefficient, and NBAI combined with Otsu's method achieved the lowest accuracy with 35.37% OA, and 0.013 Kappa coefficient. Regarding the seasonal sensitivity, PISI is relatively more stable than the other methods. The superior performance of PISI is largely due to its capability in separating ISA from soil and vegetation. In addition, summer is the best season to map ISA from Sentinel-2 images when the impervious surface is generally less confused with bare soil. This study serves as a reference for the selection of spectral indices for ISA extraction from Sentinel-2 images in relation to binary methods and seasonal effects.