Building change detection from multi-source remote sensing images based on multi-feature fusion and extreme learning machine

In this paper, in order to improve the accuracy of multi-source remote sensing image building change detection, we propose a method based on multi-feature fusion (MFF) and extreme learning machine (ELM) training. Firstly, we fuse the spectral feature difference image (DI) and textural feature (grey level co-occurrence matrix) DI obtained by change vector analysis (CVA), morphological building index DI, and shape feature DI obtained by subtraction to construct the final DI. Secondly, the coarse change detection map obtained by selecting a threshold for the DI saliency map obtained by the use of the frequency-domain significance (FDS) method is pre-classified by the fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering algorithm. Finally, the neighborhood features obtained from the original images and the feature images of the changed pixels (buildings) and the unchanged pixels in the coarse change map are extracted and used as reliable samples for the ELM training. By using the trained ELM classifier, undetermined pixels are further separated into changed and unchanged classes. Finally, we combine the ELM classification result and the preclassification result together to form the final building change map. Experiments on two real multi-source datasets show that the proposed method can result in a significant improvement in multi-source remote sensing image building change detection performance.