Adaptive Self-Learned Active Learning Framework for Hyperspectral Classification

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel self-learned integrated framework of active learning (AL) and semi-supervised learning (SSL). SSL methods try to estimate a certain semilabel for unlabeled samples. While AL methods select the most informative unlabeled samples for the current classifying model and provide their labels by human expertise. An excessive human-machine interaction is required for labeling the selected instances. Whereas, providing reliable labels is a sensitive, time-consuming and expensive step. In our framework, we try to decrease the required human supervision by incorporating SSL method. In addition, the participation rate of each AL and SSL methods in the framework is adaptive and determined based on the certainty of the classifier at each iteration. The experiments were carried out on Pavia University image data which is an urban scene. The results showed the efficiency and the excellent performance of the proposed method in both terms of accuracy and computational cost.