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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Machine Learning and Data Fusion of Simulated Remote Sensing Data

Higgins, Erik Tracy 27 July 2023 (has links)
Modeling and simulation tools are described and implemented in a single workflow to develop a means of simulating a ship wake followed by simulated synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and infra-red (IR) images of these ship wakes. A parametric study across several different ocean environments and simulated remote sensing platforms is conducted to generate a preliminary data set that is used for training and testing neural network--based ship wake detection models. Several different model architectures are trained and tested, which are able to provide a high degree of accuracy in classifying whether input SAR images contain a persistent ship wake. Several data fusion models are explored to understand how fusing data from different SAR bands may improve ship wake detection, with some combinations of neural networks and data fusion models achieving perfect or near-perfect performance. Finally, an outline for a future study into multi-physics data fusion across multiple sensor modalities is created and discussed. / Doctor of Philosophy / This dissertation focuses on using computer simulations to first simulate the wakes of ships on the ocean surface, and then simulate airborne or satellite-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and infra-red (IR) images of these ship wakes. These images are used to train machine learning models that can be given a SAR or IR image of the ocean and determine whether or not the image contains a ship wake. The testing shows good preliminary results and some models are able to detect ship wakes in simulated SAR images with a high degree of accuracy. Data fusion models are then created which seeks to fuse data sources together in order to improve ship wake detection. These data fusion models are tested using the simulated SAR images, and some of these data fusion models show a positive impact on ship wake detection. Next steps for future research are documented, such as data fusion of SAR and IR data in order to study how fusion of these sensors impacts ship wake detection compared to just a single SAR sensor or multiple SAR sensors fused together.

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