Parallel morphological/neural processing of hyperspectral images using heterogeneous and homogeneous platforms

  • Authors:
  • Javier Plaza;Rosa Pérez;Antonio Plaza;Pablo Martínez;David Valencia

  • Affiliations:
  • Neural Networks & Signal Processing Group (GRNPS), Computer Science department, University of Extremadura, Cááceres, Spain 10071;Neural Networks & Signal Processing Group (GRNPS), Computer Science department, University of Extremadura, Cááceres, Spain 10071;Neural Networks & Signal Processing Group (GRNPS), Computer Science department, University of Extremadura, Cááceres, Spain 10071;Neural Networks & Signal Processing Group (GRNPS), Computer Science department, University of Extremadura, Cááceres, Spain 10071;Neural Networks & Signal Processing Group (GRNPS), Computer Science department, University of Extremadura, Cááceres, Spain 10071

  • Venue:
  • Cluster Computing
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The wealth spatial and spectral information available from last-generation Earth observation instruments has introduced extremely high computational requirements in many applications. Most currently available parallel techniques treat remotely sensed data not as images, but as unordered listings of spectral measurements with no spatial arrangement. In thematic classification applications, however, the integration of spatial and spectral information can be greatly beneficial. Although such integrated approaches can be efficiently mapped in homogeneous commodity clusters, low-cost heterogeneous networks of computers (HNOCs) have soon become a standard tool of choice for dealing with the massive amount of image data produced by Earth observation missions. In this paper, we develop a new morphological/neural algorithm for parallel classification of high-dimensional (hyperspectral) remotely sensed image data sets. The algorithm's accuracy and parallel performance is tested in a variety of homogeneous and heterogeneous computing platforms, using two networks of workstations distributed among different locations, and also a massively parallel Beowulf cluster at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.