Performance Improvement of Deep Convolutional Networks for Aerial Imagery Segmentation of Natural Disaster-Affected Areas

Deny Nugraha - Hasanuddin University, Gowa, 92171, Indonesia
Amil Ilham - Hasanuddin University, Gowa, 92171, Indonesia
Andani Achmad - Hasanuddin University, Gowa, 92171, Indonesia
Ardiaty Arief - Hasanuddin University, Gowa, 92171, Indonesia


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.62527/joiv.7.4.1383

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This study proposes a framework for improving performance and exploring the application of Deep Convolutional Networks (DCN) using the best parameters and criteria to accurately produce aerial imagery semantic segmentation of natural disaster-affected areas. This study utilizes two models: U-Net and Pyramid Scene Parsing Network (PSPNet). Extensive study results show that the Grid Search algorithm can improve the performance of the two models used, whereas previous research has not used the Grid Search algorithm to improve performance in aerial imagery segmentation of natural disaster-affected areas. The Grid Search algorithm performs parameter tuning on DCN, data augmentation criteria tuning, and dataset criteria tuning for pre-training. The most optimal DCN model is shown by PSPNet (152) (bpc), using the best parameters and criteria, with a mean Intersection over Union (mIoU) of 83.34%, a significant mIoU increase of 43.09% compared to using only the default parameters and criteria (baselines). The validation results using the k-fold cross-validation method on the most optimal DCN model produced an average accuracy of 99.04%. PSPNet(152) (bpc) can detect and identify various objects with irregular shapes and sizes, can detect and identify various important objects affected by natural disasters such as flooded buildings and roads, and can detect and identify objects with small shapes such as vehicles and pools, which are the most challenging task for semantic segmentation network models. This study also shows that increasing the network layers in the PSPNet-(18, 34, 50, 101, 152) model, which uses the best parameters and criteria, improves the model's performance. The results of this study indicate the need to utilize a special dataset from aerial imagery originating from the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) during the pre-training stage for transfer learning to improve DCN performance for further research.


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Semantic segmentation; aerial imagery; natural disaster; deep convolutional networks; the best parameters and criteria; grid search algorithm; k-fold cross-validation.

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