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Kolmogorov-Arnold Network for Satellite Image Classification in Remote Sensing

arXiv 2406.00600 ↗First posted 2 Jun 2024cs.CV cs.AI physics.data-ancited by 46

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In this research, we propose the first approach for integrating the Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) with various pre-trained Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) models for remote sensing (RS) scene classification tasks using the EuroSAT dataset. Our novel methodology, named KCN, aims to replace traditional Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) with KAN to enhance classification performance. We employed multiple CNN-based models, including VGG16, MobileNetV2, EfficientNet, ConvNeXt, ResNet101, and Vision Transformer (ViT), and evaluated their performance when paired with KAN. Our experiments demonstrated that KAN achieved high accuracy with fewer training epochs and parameters. Specifically, ConvNeXt paired with KAN showed the best performance, achieving 94% accuracy in the first epoch, which increased to 96% and remained consistent across subsequent epochs. The results indicated that KAN and MLP both achieved similar accuracy, with KAN performing slightly better in later epochs. By utilizing the EuroSAT dataset, we provided a robust testbed to investigate whether KAN is suitable for remote sensing classification tasks. Given that KAN is a novel algorithm, there is substantial capacity for further development and optimization, suggesting that KCN offers a promising alternative for efficient image analysis in the RS field.

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  1. 2023Scaling transformer neural networks for skillful and reliable medium-range weather forecastingcited by 106
  2. 2024Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) for Time Series Analysiscited by 97
  3. 2024DeepOKAN: Deep Operator Network Based on Kolmogorov Arnold Networks for Mechanics Problemscited by 82
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  1. 2024KAN 2.0: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks Meet Sciencecited by 116
  2. 2024A Survey on Kolmogorov-Arnold Networkcited by 67
  3. 2024fKAN: Fractional Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks with trainable Jacobi basis functionscited by 60
  4. 2024Kolmogorov-Arnold Transformercited by 56
  5. 2024KAGNNs: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks meet Graph Learningcited by 48
  6. 2024Demonstrating the Efficacy of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks in Vision Taskscited by 39
  7. 2024Adaptive Training of Grid-Dependent Physics-Informed Kolmogorov-Arnold Networkscited by 37
  8. 2024KANQAS: Kolmogorov-Arnold Network for Quantum Architecture Searchcited by 36
  9. 2024On the expressiveness and spectral bias of KANscited by 36
  10. 2024Finite basis Kolmogorov-Arnold networks: domain decomposition for data-driven and physics-informed problemscited by 35
  11. 2024rKAN: Rational Kolmogorov-Arnold Networkscited by 31
  12. 2024Exploring the Limitations of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks in Classification: Insights to Software Training and Hardware Implementationcited by 22
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  1. 2024CoxKAN: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for Interpretable, High-Performance Survival Analysiscited by 22
  2. 2024PointNet with KAN versus PointNet with MLP for 3D Classification and Segmentation of Point Setscited by 15
  3. 2024Generalization Bounds and Model Complexity for Kolmogorov-Arnold Networkscited by 11
  4. 2024COEFF-KANs: A Paradigm to Address the Electrolyte Field with KANscited by 9
  5. 2024Multifidelity Kolmogorov-Arnold Networkscited by 9
  6. 2024KAN versus MLP on Irregular or Noisy Functionscited by 7
  7. 2024The Dawn of KAN in Image-to-Image (I2I) Translation: Integrating Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks with GANs for Unpaired I2I Translationcited by 7
  8. 2025Kolmogorov-Arnold Recurrent Network for Short Term Load Forecasting Across Diverse Consumerscited by 7
  9. 2024Architectural Scaling Surpass Basis Complexity? Efficient KANs with Single-Parameter Designcited by 6
  10. 2024HyperKAN: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks make Hyperspectral Image Classificators Smartercited by 5
  11. 2024FourierKAN outperforms MLP on Text Classification Head Fine-tuningcited by 5
  12. 2024SpectralKAN: Weighted Activation Distribution Kolmogorov-Arnold Network for Hyperspectral Image Change Detectioncited by 4
  13. 2024KAN we improve on HEP classification tasks? Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks applied to an LHC physics examplecited by 4
  14. 2024Incorporating Arbitrary Matrix Group Equivariance into KANscited by 4
  15. 2025Physics-informed KAN PointNet: Deep learning for simultaneous solutions to inverse problems in incompressible flow on numerous irregular geometriescited by 3
  16. 2026Symbolic--KAN: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks with Discrete Symbolic Structure for Interpretable Learningcited by 3
  17. 2024KA-GNN: Kolmogorov-Arnold Graph Neural Networks for Molecular Property Predictioncited by 2
  18. 2024KAE: Kolmogorov-Arnold Auto-Encoder for Representation Learningcited by 2
  19. 2025X-KAN: Optimizing Local Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks via Evolutionary Rule-Based Machine Learningcited by 2
  20. 2025Fully analogue in-memory neural computing via quantum tunneling effectcited by 2
  21. 2025SFFR: Spatial-Frequency Feature Reconstruction for Multispectral Aerial Object Detectioncited by 2
  22. 2026SINDy-KANs: Sparse identification of non-linear dynamics through Kolmogorov-Arnold networkscited by 2
  23. 2025Kolmogorov-Arnold Network for Remote Sensing Image Semantic Segmentationcited by 1
  24. 2025Efficiency Bottlenecks of Convolutional Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks: A Comprehensive Scrutiny with ImageNet, AlexNet, LeNet and Tabular Classificationcited by 1
  25. 2025MambaOutRS: A Hybrid CNN-Fourier Architecture for Remote Sensing Image Classificationcited by 1
  26. 2025Bridging KAN and MLP: MJKAN, a Hybrid Architecture with Both Efficiency and Expressivenesscited by 1
  27. 2025PO-CKAN:Physics Informed Deep Operator Kolmogorov Arnold Networks with Chunk Rational Structurecited by 1
  28. 2025KAN KAN Buff Signed Graph Neural Networks?cited by 0
  29. 2025Watermarking Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for Emerging Networked Applications via Activation Perturbationcited by 0
  30. 2026Demystifying KAN for Vision Tasks: The RepKAN Approachcited by 0
  31. 2026KAN-CL: Per-Knot Importance Regularization for Continual Learning with Kolmogorov-Arnold Networkscited by 0
  32. 2026Structural Kolmogorov-Arnold Convolutions: Learnable Function on the Values or the Filter Shape as Parameter-Efficient Alternative to Per-Edge Convolutional KANscited by 0
  33. 2026Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks for Spatially Independent Multispectral Land Classificationcited by 0
  34. 2026LIMODENet: Attention-Free Compact Encoders for Information-Preserving Onboard Satellite Image Restorationcited by 0