A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Multi-modal Fusion of LiDAR and PRISMA Data for Cobalt Mapping: A Case Study from the Áramo Mine, Spain
Authors: Farahnakian, Fahimeh; Farahnakian, Farshad; Sheikh, Javad; Downey, Steven; Williams, Vaughan; Heikkonen, Jukka
Editors: Palaiahnakote, Shivakumara; Schuckers, Stephanie; Ogier, Jean-Marc; Bhattacharya, Prabi; Pal, Umapada; Bhattacharya, Saumik
Conference name: International Conference on Pattern Recognition
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication year: 2025
Journal: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Book title : Pattern Recognition. ICPR 2024 International Workshops and Challenges: Kolkata, India, December 1, 2024, Proceedings, Part IV
Volume: 15617
First page : 241
Last page: 255
ISBN: 978-3-031-88216-6
eISBN: 978-3-031-88217-3
ISSN: 0302-9743
eISSN: 1611-3349
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88217-3_17
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88217-3_17
This paper presents a framework for combining airborne LiDAR and hyperspectral PRISMA data to create a more comprehensive input for the Machine Learning (ML) models. To predict Cobalt concentration, we apply three well-known ML methods: Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Regression (SVR), and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP). A key challenge in this application is the limited availability of labeled data, which we address by employing three data augmentation techniques, ranging from traditional methods to deep learning-based approaches, to generate synthetic data points. Experiments were conducted on a mineralization site at the Áramo mine in Asturias, Spain. The results demonstrate that these data augmentation techniques significantly enhance the ML models’ ability to accurately predict the minority class, which is crucial for mineral exploration. Combining data from LiDAR and PRISMA improves model performance compared to using a single modality.