REMSA: Foundation Model Selection for Remote Sensing via a Constraint-Aware Agent

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Autori principali: Chen, Binger, Bök, Tacettin Emre, Rasti, Behnood, Markl, Volker, Demir, Begüm
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author Chen, Binger
Bök, Tacettin Emre
Rasti, Behnood
Markl, Volker
Demir, Begüm
author_facet Chen, Binger
Bök, Tacettin Emre
Rasti, Behnood
Markl, Volker
Demir, Begüm
contents Foundation Models (FMs) are increasingly integrated into remote sensing (RS) pipelines. These models include unimodal vision encoders and multimodal architectures. FMs are adapted to diverse perception tasks, such as image classification, change detection, and visual question answering. However, selecting the most suitable remote sensing foundation model (RSFM) for a specific task remains challenging due to scattered documentation, heterogeneous formats, and complex deployment constraints. To address this, we first introduce the RSFM Database (RS-FMD), the first structured and schema-guided resource covering over 160 RSFMs trained on various data modalities, spanning different spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions, considering different learning paradigms. Built upon RS-FMD, we further present REMSA, a constraint-aware agent that enables automated RSFM selection from natural language queries. REMSA combines structured FM metadata retrieval with a task-driven decision workflow. In detail, it interprets user input, clarifies missing constraints, ranks models via in-context learning, and provides transparent justifications. Our system supports various RS tasks and data modalities, enabling personalized, reproducible, and efficient FM selection. To evaluate REMSA, we construct a benchmark of 100 expert-verified RS query scenarios. Each query is evaluated across 4 systems and 3 LLM backbones, with the top-3 selected models manually assessed by domain experts. This results in 3,000 expert-scored task--system--model configurations under our novel expert-centered evaluation protocol. REMSA outperforms multiple baselines, showing its practical utility in real decision-making applications. REMSA operates entirely on publicly available metadata of open source RSFMs, without accessing private or sensitive data.
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spellingShingle REMSA: Foundation Model Selection for Remote Sensing via a Constraint-Aware Agent
Chen, Binger
Bök, Tacettin Emre
Rasti, Behnood
Markl, Volker
Demir, Begüm
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Foundation Models (FMs) are increasingly integrated into remote sensing (RS) pipelines. These models include unimodal vision encoders and multimodal architectures. FMs are adapted to diverse perception tasks, such as image classification, change detection, and visual question answering. However, selecting the most suitable remote sensing foundation model (RSFM) for a specific task remains challenging due to scattered documentation, heterogeneous formats, and complex deployment constraints. To address this, we first introduce the RSFM Database (RS-FMD), the first structured and schema-guided resource covering over 160 RSFMs trained on various data modalities, spanning different spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions, considering different learning paradigms. Built upon RS-FMD, we further present REMSA, a constraint-aware agent that enables automated RSFM selection from natural language queries. REMSA combines structured FM metadata retrieval with a task-driven decision workflow. In detail, it interprets user input, clarifies missing constraints, ranks models via in-context learning, and provides transparent justifications. Our system supports various RS tasks and data modalities, enabling personalized, reproducible, and efficient FM selection. To evaluate REMSA, we construct a benchmark of 100 expert-verified RS query scenarios. Each query is evaluated across 4 systems and 3 LLM backbones, with the top-3 selected models manually assessed by domain experts. This results in 3,000 expert-scored task--system--model configurations under our novel expert-centered evaluation protocol. REMSA outperforms multiple baselines, showing its practical utility in real decision-making applications. REMSA operates entirely on publicly available metadata of open source RSFMs, without accessing private or sensitive data.
title REMSA: Foundation Model Selection for Remote Sensing via a Constraint-Aware Agent
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.17442