Differentiable Clustering Graph Convolutional Network for Hyperspectral Unmixing: Methodology and BenchmarkShow others and affiliations
2026 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, ISSN 2162-237X, E-ISSN 2162-2388Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]
The task of hyperspectral unmixing (HU) is inherently more complex than classification, as it requires separating mixed pixels into pure spectral components, demanding fine-grained spectral and spatial modeling. Traditional convolutional neural networks (CNNs), constrained by local receptive fields, struggle to capture the complex manifold structures and non-Euclidean relationships in hyperspectral images (HSIs). Graph convolutional networks (GCNs) offer a promising alternative by modeling long-range dependencies, but they often rely on static, superpixel-based graphs constructed during preprocessing, limiting their flexibility and accuracy. To address these limitations, we propose a differentiable clustering GCN (DCGCN) for HU. The model integrates spatial neighborhood information with dynamic graph structures, leveraging a differentiable clustering module (DCM) to automatically construct and update the graph during training. This enables adaptive learning of both local continuity and global structural dependencies in an end-to-end framework. To further support benchmarking, we introduce a challenging real-world dataset from the Yellow River Estuary Wetland, along with a reproducible data processing pipeline. By combining GF-5 hyperspectral and GF-6 high-resolution imagery, the dataset provides reliable reference endmembers and abundances without the need for field surveys. Extensive experiments on simulated and real datasets demonstrate that DCGCN outperforms or matches state-of-the-art methods in both accuracy and robustness. Code and dataset will be made publicly available at GitHub: https://github.com/UPCGIT/DCGCN
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC , 2026.
Keywords [en]
Autoencoder (AE); coastal Wetlands; graph convolutional network (GCN); hyperspectral unmixing (HU); Autoencoder (AE); coastal Wetlands; graph convolutional network (GCN); hyperspectral unmixing (HU)
National Category
Computer Vision and Learning Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-225432DOI: 10.1109/TNNLS.2026.3698485ISI: 001792480600001PubMedID: 42275346Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105042059337OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-225432DiVA, id: diva2:2077590
Note
Funding Agencies|Vinnova Advanced and Innovative Digitalization Project [2023-01904]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [62071492]; Shandong Natural Science Foundation [ZR2023MD115]; Shandong Provincial Colleges and Universities Youth Innovation Technology Support Program [2023KJ068]
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