Open Journal of Applied Sciences

Volume 7, Issue 10 (October 2017)

ISSN Print: 2165-3917   ISSN Online: 2165-3925

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Modeling and Characterization of Vegetation, Aquatic and Mineral Surfaces Using the Theory of Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning from Satellite Images: Case of the Toumodi-Yamoussoukro-Tiébissou Zone in V Baoulé (Côte d’Ivoire)

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DOI: 10.4236/ojapps.2017.710038    795 Downloads   1,459 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

In this paper, the theory of plausible and paradoxical reasoning of Dezert- Smarandache (DSmT) is used to take into account the paradoxical charac-ter through the intersections of vegetation, aquatic and mineral surfaces. In order to do this, we developed a classification model of pixels by aggregating information using the DSmT theory based on the PCR5 rule using the NDVI, MNDWI and NDBaI spectral indices obtained from the ASTER satellite images. On the qualitative level, the model produced three simple classes for certain knowledge (E, V, M) and eight composite classes including two union classes characterizing partial ignorance ({E,V}, {M,V}) and six classes of intersection of which three classes of simple intersection (EV, MV, EM) and three classes of composite intersection (E{M,V}, M{E,V}, V{E,M}), which represent paradoxes. This model was validated with an average rate of 93.34% for the well-classified pixels and a compliance rate of the entities in the field of 96.37%. Thus, the model 1 retained provides 84.98% for the simple classes against 15.02% for the composite classes.

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Okaingni, J. , Ouattara, S. , Kouassi, A. , Vangah, W. , Koffi, A. and Clement, A. (2017) Modeling and Characterization of Vegetation, Aquatic and Mineral Surfaces Using the Theory of Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning from Satellite Images: Case of the Toumodi-Yamoussoukro-Tiébissou Zone in V Baoulé (Côte d’Ivoire). Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 7, 520-536. doi: 10.4236/ojapps.2017.710038.

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