Exploiting Hyperspectral Imaging and Optimal Deep Learning for Crop Type Detection and Classification

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) plays a major role in agricultural remote sensing applications. Its data unit is the hyperspectral cube that contains spatial data in 2D but spectral band data of all the pixels in 3D. The classification accuracy of HSI was significantly enhanced by deploying either spatial or spectral features. HSIs are developed as a significant approach to achieve growth data monitoring and distinguish crop classes for precision agriculture, based on the reasonable spectral response to the crop features. The latest developments in deep learning (DL) and computer vision (CV) approaches permit the effectual detection and classification of distinct crop varieties on HSIs. At the same time, the hyperparameter tuning process plays a vital role in accomplishing effectual classification performance. The study introduces a dandelion optimizer with deep transfer learning-based crop type detection and classification (DODTL-CTDC) technique on HSI. The DODTL-CTDC technique makes use of the Xception model for the extraction of features from the HSI. In addition, the hyperparameter selection of the Xception model takes place using the DO algorithm. Moreover, the convolutional autoencoder (CAE) model is applied for the classification of crops into distinct classes. Furthermore, an arithmetic optimization algorithm (AOA) can be employed for optimal hyperparameter selection of the CAE model. The performance analysis of the DODTL-CTDC technique is assessed on the benchmark data set. The experimental outcomes demonstrate the betterment of the DODTL-CTDC method in the crop classification process.