We are faced with the problem of identifying and selecting the most significant data sources in developing monitoring applications for which data from a variety of sensors are available. We may also be concerned with identifying suitable alternative data sources when a preferred sensor may be temporarily unavailable or unreliable. This work describes how genetic algorithms (GA) were used to select useful sets of parameters from sensors and implicit knowledge to construct artificial neural networks to detect levels of chlorophyll-a in the Neuse River. The available parameters included six multispectral bands of Landsat imagery, chemical data (temperature, pH, salinity), and knowledge implicit in location and season. Experiments were conducted to determine which parameters the genetic algorithms would select based on the availability of other parameters, e.g., which parameter would be chosen when temperature wasn't available as compared to when near infrared data was not available.
This paper describes a series of experiments in data fusion of remotely sensed multispectral satellite imagery, in-situ physical measurement data (temperature, pH, salinity), and implicitly encoded knowledge (contained in location and season) to predict values and classified levels of chlorophyll-a using an artificial neural net (ANN). ANNs inherently fuse data inputs and discover relationships to provide a fused interpretation of the inputs. The experiments investigated the effects of fusing data and knowledge from the three different types of sources: non-contact, physical contact, and implicit. The results indicate that fusing the three source types improved prediction of chlorophyll-a values and classification levels, and that the multisource ANN fusion approach might improve or augment present periodic sample point monitoring methods for chlorophyll-a.
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