Category: Conference Papers

Abstract: We present a computational framework for modeling geospatial dynamics of crowd emotions as part of anticipatory analysis. The framework is based on agent based modeling (ABM) and evaluation-activation space for emotion representation. ABM is a simulation technique that uses the actions and interactions of individual agents to represent the behavior of a given population […]

Abstract: A method of incorporating the multi-mixture pixel model into hyperspectral endmember extraction is presented and discussed. A vast majority of hyperspectral endmember extraction methods rely on the linear mixture model to describe pixel spectra resulting from mixtures of endmembers. Methods exist to unmix hyperspectral pixels using nonlinear models, but rely on severely limiting assumptions […]

Abstract: A hyperspectral endmember detection and spectral unmixing algorithm that finds multiple sets of endmembers is presented. This algorithm, the Piece-wise Convex Multiple Model Endmember Detection (P-COMMEND) algorithm, models a hyperspectral image using a piece-wise convex representation. By using a piece-wise convex representation, non-convex hyperspectral data are more accurately characterized. For example, the well-known Indian […]

Abstract: Communication has a large impact on the outcome of a population’s response during disaster scenarios. The ability of a population to access news and disaster relief information as well as the population’s perception of the information they receive effects behavior during a disaster scenario. In this paper, two agent-based rumor (information) spreading models are […]

Abstract: An algorithm, Bilinear SPICE (BISPICE), for simultaneously estimating the number of endmembers, the endmembers, and proportions for a bilinear mixing model is derived and evaluated. BISPICE generalizes the SPICE algorithm for linear mixing. The proportion estimation steps of SPICE and BISPICE are similar. However, the endmember updates, one novel aspect of the work, are […]

Abstract: A hyperspectral endmember detection and spectral unmixing algorithm that finds multiple sets of endmember distributions is presented. If endmembers are represented as random vectors, then they can be characterized by a multivariate probability distribution. These distributions are referred to as endmember distributions. The proposed method combines the Piece-wise Convex Multiple Model Endmember Detection (PCOMMEND) […]

Abstract: A method of incorporating macroscopic and microscopic reflectance models into hyperspectral pixel unmixing is presented and discussed. A vast majority of hyperspectral unmixing methods rely on the linear mixture model to describe pixel spectra resulting from mixtures of endmembers. Methods exist to unmix hyperspectral pixels using nonlinear models, but rely on severely limiting assumptions […]

Abstract: Hyperspectral unmixing estimates the proportions of materials represented within a spectral signature. The over whelming majority of hyperspectral unmixing algorithms are based entirely on the spectral signatures of each individual pixel and do not incorporate the spatial information found in a hyperspectral data cube. In this work, a spectral unmixing algorithm, the Local Information […]

Abstract: Imaging spectroscopy refers to methods for identifying materials in a scene using cameras that digitize light into hundreds of spectral bands. Each pixel in these images consists of vectors representing the amount of light reflected in the different spectral bands from the physical location corresponding to the pixel. Images of this type are called […]

Abstract: The Functions of Multiple Instances (FUMI) method for learning target pattern and non-target patterns is introduced and extended. The FUMI method differs significantly from traditional supervised learning algorithms because only functions of target patterns are available. Moreover, these functions are likely to involve other non-target patterns. In this paper, data points which are convex […]