Endmember Selection of Hyperspectral Images based on Evolutionary Multitask

Endmember selection of hyperspectral images is a practical yet difficult task due to the high spectral resolution and low spatial resolution of the hyperspectral cameras. The paradigm of multitask optimization has been investigated over two decades, which aim to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. To address these issues, we propose a novel multitasking framework based on multiobjective optimization evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition (MOEA/D). Specifically, we use a single population to simultaneously perform multiple subset selection tasks and apply it to a specific scene-the endmember selection of hyperspectral images. It is natural to consider that pixels in a homogeneous region of hyperspectral image as a task. Then, a within-task and between-task genetic transfer operator is constructed to reinforce the exchange of genetic material belonging to the same or different tasks for better and quicker search of the decision space. After that, this algorithm obtains a set of nondominated solutions for better decision of the active endmembers. Experiments on hyperspectral datasets show the effectiveness of our method in finding the real active endmembers.