Seafloor Classification Using Acoustic Backscatter Echo-waveform - Artificial Neural Network Applications

In this paper seafloor classifications system based on artificial neural network (ANN) has been designed. The ANN architecture employed here is a combination of self organizing feature map (SOFM) and linear vector quantization (LVQ1). Currently acquired echo-waveform data acquired using single beam echo-sounder from twelve seafloor sediment locations from central part of the western continental shelf of India is analyzed and performance of the classifier is presented in this paper.