Remote Sensing Image Classification Based on Neural Networks Designed Using an Efficient Neural Architecture Search Methodology

Lan Song (), Lixin Ding, Mengjia Yin, Wei Ding, Zhigao Zeng and Chunxia Xiao
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Lan Song: School of Information Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China
Lixin Ding: School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Mengjia Yin: School of Computer and Information Science, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan 432100, China
Wei Ding: Gravitation and Earth Tide, National Observation and Research Station, Wuhan 430071, China
Zhigao Zeng: School of Computer Science, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou 412007, China
Chunxia Xiao: Jiangxi Xintong Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Pingxiang 330075, China

Mathematics, 2024, vol. 12, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: Successful applications of machine learning for the analysis of remote sensing images remain limited by the difficulty of designing neural networks manually. However, while the development of neural architecture search offers the unique potential for discovering new and more effective network architectures, existing neural architecture search algorithms are computationally intensive methods requiring a large amount of data and computational resources and are therefore challenging to apply for developing optimal neural network architectures for remote sensing image classification. Our proposed method uses a differentiable neural architecture search approach for remote sensing image classification. We utilize a binary gate strategy for partial channel connections to reduce the sizes of the network parameters, creating a sparse connection pattern that lowers memory consumption and NAS computational costs. Experimental results indicate that our method achieves a 15.1% increase in validation accuracy during the search phase compared to DDSAS, although slightly lower (by 4.5%) than DARTS. However, we reduced the search time by 88% and network parameter size by 84% compared to DARTS. In the architecture evaluation phase, our method demonstrates a 2.79% improvement in validation accuracy over a manually configured CNN network.

Keywords: remote sensing image; neural architecture search; differentiable architecture search; deep learning; binary gate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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