Unbalanced Optimal Transport Dictionary Learning for Unsupervised Hyperspectral Image Clustering

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Auteurs principaux: Lentz, Joshua, Karris, Nicholas, Cloninger, Alex, Murphy, James M.
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author Lentz, Joshua
Karris, Nicholas
Cloninger, Alex
Murphy, James M.
author_facet Lentz, Joshua
Karris, Nicholas
Cloninger, Alex
Murphy, James M.
contents Hyperspectral images capture vast amounts of high-dimensional spectral information about a scene, making labeling an intensive task that is resistant to out-of-the-box statistical methods. Unsupervised learning of clusters allows for automated segmentation of the scene, enabling a more rapid understanding of the image. Partitioning the spectral information contained within the data via dictionary learning in Wasserstein space has proven an effective method for unsupervised clustering. However, this approach requires balancing the spectral profiles of the data, blurring the classes, and sacrificing robustness to outliers and noise. In this paper, we suggest improving this approach by utilizing unbalanced Wasserstein barycenters to learn a lower-dimensional representation of the underlying data. The deployment of spectral clustering on the learned representation results in an effective approach for the unsupervised learning of labels.
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spellingShingle Unbalanced Optimal Transport Dictionary Learning for Unsupervised Hyperspectral Image Clustering
Lentz, Joshua
Karris, Nicholas
Cloninger, Alex
Murphy, James M.
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Statistics Theory
Hyperspectral images capture vast amounts of high-dimensional spectral information about a scene, making labeling an intensive task that is resistant to out-of-the-box statistical methods. Unsupervised learning of clusters allows for automated segmentation of the scene, enabling a more rapid understanding of the image. Partitioning the spectral information contained within the data via dictionary learning in Wasserstein space has proven an effective method for unsupervised clustering. However, this approach requires balancing the spectral profiles of the data, blurring the classes, and sacrificing robustness to outliers and noise. In this paper, we suggest improving this approach by utilizing unbalanced Wasserstein barycenters to learn a lower-dimensional representation of the underlying data. The deployment of spectral clustering on the learned representation results in an effective approach for the unsupervised learning of labels.
title Unbalanced Optimal Transport Dictionary Learning for Unsupervised Hyperspectral Image Clustering
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10132