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b) Classification with human assistance
The unsupervised classification does not take into account the pre-
cious information at the disposal of the user, for instance the ground-truth.
The classification with human assistance allows to use this information in
order to improve the classification.
By use of several zones correctly recognized in the image, a number
of classes is found,for instance water, housing, spoil heaps...The centers of
these classes are computed and located in the 2-dimensional histogram. These‘
centers are considered as known and fixed for these classes. We carry out a
new classification based on the 3rd step of the unsupervised classification,
the initial centers are the centers of known classes and that resulting from
the previous clustering. Only the centers of unknown classes are modified in
this classification.
We may apply the classification with human assistance as many times
as we like, if each classification gives us new information about classification.
The advantages of the compound classification "unsupervised-human
assisted" are :
1) only the 2-dimensional histogram is stored, this storage requires
a limited number of core memories, and
2) the ISODATA-type clustering in the histogram is fast. This method
is very convenient for a repetitive use of the classification with human assis-
tance.
2. The use of the method for urban interpretation
It lies both in saving computer time and enabling the possibility of
distinguishing more clusters. In the analyzed example, it has been possible to
distinguish 19 classes, when the number of pixels reached 66.000 for Charleroi
and 75.000 for Brussels.