Kolmogorov-Arnold Network for Satellite Image Classification in Remote Sensing

Kolmogorov-Arnold Network for Satellite Image Classification in Remote Sensing

June 4, 2024 | Minjong Cheon
This research introduces the first approach to integrate the Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) with various pre-trained Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) models for remote sensing (RS) scene classification tasks using the EuroSAT dataset. The proposed methodology, named KCN, aims to replace traditional Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) with KAN to enhance classification performance. Multiple CNN-based models, including VGG16, MobileNetV2, EfficientNet, ConvNeXt, ResNet101, and Vision Transformer (ViT), were evaluated in combination with KAN. The experiments demonstrated that KAN achieved high accuracy with fewer training epochs and parameters. Specifically, ConvNeXt paired with KAN showed the best performance, achieving 94% accuracy in the first epoch, which increased to 96% and remained consistent across subsequent epochs. The results indicated that KAN and MLP both achieved similar accuracy, with KAN performing slightly better in later epochs. The study provides a robust testbed to investigate the suitability of KAN for remote sensing classification tasks, suggesting that KCN offers a promising alternative for efficient image analysis in the RS field.This research introduces the first approach to integrate the Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) with various pre-trained Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) models for remote sensing (RS) scene classification tasks using the EuroSAT dataset. The proposed methodology, named KCN, aims to replace traditional Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) with KAN to enhance classification performance. Multiple CNN-based models, including VGG16, MobileNetV2, EfficientNet, ConvNeXt, ResNet101, and Vision Transformer (ViT), were evaluated in combination with KAN. The experiments demonstrated that KAN achieved high accuracy with fewer training epochs and parameters. Specifically, ConvNeXt paired with KAN showed the best performance, achieving 94% accuracy in the first epoch, which increased to 96% and remained consistent across subsequent epochs. The results indicated that KAN and MLP both achieved similar accuracy, with KAN performing slightly better in later epochs. The study provides a robust testbed to investigate the suitability of KAN for remote sensing classification tasks, suggesting that KCN offers a promising alternative for efficient image analysis in the RS field.
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