Uncertainty-Based Human-in-the-Loop Deep Learning for Land Cover Segmentation

In recent years, different deep learning techniques were applied to segment aerial and satellite images. Nevertheless, state of the art techniques for land cover segmentation does not provide accurate results to be used in real applications. This is a problem faced by institutions and companies that...

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Autores: García Rodríguez, Carlos, Vitrià i Marca, Jordi, Mora Sacristán, Oscar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/172335
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/172335
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aprenentatge automàtic
Xarxes neuronals (Informàtica)
Sistemes classificadors (Intel·ligència artificial)
Cartografia
Machine learning
Neural networks (Computer science)
Learning classifier systems
Cartography
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Sumario:In recent years, different deep learning techniques were applied to segment aerial and satellite images. Nevertheless, state of the art techniques for land cover segmentation does not provide accurate results to be used in real applications. This is a problem faced by institutions and companies that want to replace time-consuming and exhausting human work with AI technology. In this work, we propose a method that combines deep learning with a human-in-the-loop strategy to achieve expert-level results at a low cost. We use a neural network to segment the images. In parallel, another network is used to measure uncertainty for predicted pixels. Finally, we combine these neural networks with a human-in-the-loop approach to produce correct predictions as if developed by human photointerpreters. Applying this methodology shows that we can increase the accuracy of land cover segmentation tasks while decreasing human intervention.