4.7 Article

Machine Learning Comparison and Parameter Setting Methods for the Detection of Dump Sites for Construction and Demolition Waste Using the Google Earth Engine

Journal

REMOTE SENSING
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs13040787

Keywords

C& DW; Google Earth Engine; machine learning

Funding

  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFC0706003]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC) [42077439, 41930650]
  3. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Urban Design [UDC2018030611]

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Machine learning has been explored for automatic identification of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) using remote sensing data sources. By comparing three typical machine learning algorithms, Random Forest (RF) was identified as the optimal method for C&DW identification. Through experimental trials and parameter optimization, the classification accuracy for C&DW was significantly improved.
Machine learning has been successfully used for object recognition within images. Due to the complexity of the spectrum and texture of construction and demolition waste (C&DW), it is difficult to construct an automatic identification method for C&DW based on machine learning and remote sensing data sources. Machine learning includes many types of algorithms; however, different algorithms and parameters have different identification effects on C&DW. Exploring the optimal method for automatic remote sensing identification of C&DW is an important approach for the intelligent supervision of C&DW. This study investigates the megacity of Beijing, which is facing high risk of C&DW pollution. To improve the classification accuracy of C&DW, buildings, vegetation, water, and crops were selected as comparative training samples based on the Google Earth Engine (GEE), and Sentinel-2 was used as the data source. Three classification methods of typical machine learning algorithms (classification and regression trees (CART), random forest (RF), and support vector machine (SVM)) were selected to classify the C&DW from remote sensing images. Using empirical methods, the experimental trial method, and the grid search method, the optimal parameterization scheme of the three classification methods was studied to determine the optimal method of remote sensing identification of C&DW based on machine learning. Through accuracy evaluation and ground verification, the overall recognition accuracies of CART, RF, and SVM for C&DW were 73.12%, 98.05%, and 85.62%, respectively, under the optimal parameterization scheme determined in this study. Among these algorithms, RF was a better C&DW identification method than were CART and SVM when the number of decision trees was 50. This study explores the robust machine learning method for automatic remote sensing identification of C&DW and provides a scientific basis for intelligent supervision and resource utilization of C&DW.

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