Semi-supervised hyperspectral image classification algorithm based on graph embedding and discriminative spatial information

Abstract

Abstract Image classification is one of the important techniques in computer vision. Due to the limited access of labeled samples in hyperspectral images, semi-supervised learning (SSL) methods have been widely applied in hyperspectral image classification. Graph based semi-supervised learning provides an effective solution to model data in classification problems, of which graph construction is the critical step. In this paper we employ the graphs constructed with a typical manifold learning method-locally linear embedding (LLE), based on which semi-supervised classification is then conducted. To exploit the valuable spatial information contained in hyperspectral images, discriminative spatial information (DSI) is then extracted. The proposed classification method is evaluated using three real hyperspectral data sets, revealing state-of-art performance when compared with different classification methods.