Low-cost robust estimation for the single-look 𝒢I0 model using the Pareto distribution

Chan, Debora; Rey, Andrea; Gambini, Juliana; Frery, Alejandro C.

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Low-cost robust estimation for the single-look 𝒢I0 model using the Pareto distribution

dc.contributor.author	Chan, Debora
dc.contributor.author	Rey, Andrea
dc.contributor.author	Gambini, Juliana
dc.contributor.author	Frery, Alejandro C.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-17T15:33:30Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-17T15:33:30Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description.abstract	"The statistical properties of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image texture reveal useful target characteristics. It is well-known that these images are affected by speckle and prone to extreme values due to double bounce and corner reflectors. The G0 I distribution is flexible enough to model different degrees of texture in speckled data. It is indexed by three parameters: α, related to the texture, γ , a scale parameter, and L, the number of looks. Quality estimation of α is essential due to its immediate interpretability. In this letter, we exploit the connection between the G0 I and Pareto distributions. With this, we obtain six estimators that have not been previously used in the SAR literature. We compare their behavior with others in the noisiest case for monopolarized intensity data, namely single look case. We evaluate them using Monte Carlo methods for noncontaminated and contaminated data, considering convergence rate, bias, mean squared error, and computational time. We conclude that two of these estimators based on the Pareto law are the safest choices when dealing with actual data and small samples, as is the case of despeckling techniques and segmentation, to name just two applications. We verify the results with an actual SAR image."	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://ri.itba.edu.ar/handle/123456789/3259
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/X.0/
dc.subject	DISTRIBUCION
dc.subject	ESTIMACION DE PARAMETROS
dc.subject	RADAR DE APERTURA SINTETICA
dc.title	Low-cost robust estimation for the single-look 𝒢I0 model using the Pareto distribution	en
dc.type	Artículos de Publicaciones Periódicas	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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itba.description.filiation	Fil: Chan, Debora. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Buenos Aires; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Rey, Andrea. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Buenos Aires; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Gambini, Juliana. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Gambini, Juliana. Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Frery, Alejandro C. Universidade Federal de Alagoas; Brasil.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Frery, Alejandro C. Xidian University; China.