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The performance of classifiers is commonly evaluated by classification rate and false alarm rate (FAR). Many applications like traffic monitoring, surveillance and other security relevant tasks suffer from the problem balancing the performance criteria in an appropriate way. In this contribution, we propose a kernel classification scheme with high performance in discriminating classes and rejecting clutter objects. Especially, it determines a class membership assessment. The classification scheme consists of two kernel classification stages and a maximum decision module as combiner. For tests, we use targets taken from the MSTAR synthetic aperture radar (SAR) dataset and clutter objects extracted from SAR scenes by a screening process. The dependency on parameter variations is shown and receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves are given. The results confirm the high classification performance at low FARs. The integration into an operational demonstration system is in progress.
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Middelmann, W., Ebert, A., Thoennessen, U. (2007). Automatic Target Recognition in SAR Images Based on a SVM Classification Scheme. In: Beliczynski, B., Dzielinski, A., Iwanowski, M., Ribeiro, B. (eds) Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithms. ICANNGA 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4432. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71629-7_55
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