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Efficient adaptation of Foundation Models for Visual Grounding Remote Sensing
Foundation models have demonstrated impressive proficiency across multiple domains, including language, vision, and multi-modal …
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Efficient adaptation of Foundation Models for Visual Grounding Remote Sensing
Automated National Urban Map Extraction
Developing countries usually lack the proper governance means to generate and regularly update a national rooftop map. Using …
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Automated National Urban Map Extraction
Trainable Noise Model as an XAI evaluation method: application on Sobol for remote sensing image segmentation
eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has emerged as an essential requirement when dealing with mission-critical applications, …
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Trainable Noise Model as an XAI evaluation method: application on Sobol for remote sensing image segmentation
Empirical Study of PEFT techniques for Winter Wheat Segmentation
Parameter Efficient Fine Tuning (PEFT) techniques have recently experienced significant growth and have been extensively employed to …
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Empirical Study of PEFT techniques for Winter Wheat Segmentation
Zero-Shot Refinement of Buildings' Segmentation Models using SAM
Foundation models have demonstrated unparalleled performance across diverse tasks involving vision, language, and multimodal domains. …
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Zero-Shot Refinement of Buildings' Segmentation Models using SAM
Extending Cam-based XAI methods for Remote Sensing Imagery Segmentation
Artificial intelligence (AI) has recently covered many earth observation applications. AI-based data-driven methods perform …
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Extending Cam-based XAI methods for Remote Sensing Imagery Segmentation
Towards Explainable AI for Channel Estimation in Wireless Communications
Research into 6G networks has been initiated to support a variety of critical artificial intelligence (AI) assisted applications such …
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Towards Explainable AI for Channel Estimation in Wireless Communications
Lebanon Solar Rooftop Potential Assessment Using Buildings Segmentation From Aerial Images
Estimating solar rooftop potential at a national level is a fundamental building block for every country to utilize solar power …
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Lebanon Solar Rooftop Potential Assessment Using Buildings Segmentation From Aerial Images
Sci-Net: Scale-Invariant Model for Buildings Segmentation from Aerial Imagery
Buildings’ segmentation is a fundamental task in the field of earth observation and aerial imagery analysis. Most existing deep …
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Sci-Net: Scale-Invariant Model for Buildings Segmentation from Aerial Imagery
Buildings Classification using Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery
Buildings classification using satellite images is becoming more important for several applications such as damage assessment, resource …
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Buildings Classification using Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery
Influence of Snow Cover on Water Capacity in the Qaraaoun Reservoir, Lebanon
Considerable amount of surface water in Lebanon is stored behind dams, and the Qaraaoun Reservoir (QR) is a typical example. It is the …
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Influence of Snow Cover on Water Capacity in the Qaraaoun Reservoir, Lebanon
Analyzing Factors Associated with Fatal Road Crashes: A Machine Learning Approach
Road traffic injury accounts for a substantial human and economic burden globally. Understanding risk factors contributing to fatal …
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Analyzing Factors Associated with Fatal Road Crashes: A Machine Learning Approach
Allometric scaling of road accidents using social media crowd-sourced data
Traffic accidents in Lebanon are constantly harvesting lives, dramatically changing others, and traumatizing those of their beloved …
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Allometric scaling of road accidents using social media crowd-sourced data
Transportation hazard spatial analysis using crowd-sourced social network data
The safety hazard and the additional costs on transportation due to road accidents invite the necessity to minimize their impact. In …
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Transportation hazard spatial analysis using crowd-sourced social network data
A 32-year aridity analysis: a tool for better understanding on water resources management in Lebanon
Water scarcity has been well pronounced in the Middle East Region; however, Lebanon is still characterized by wet climate and …
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A 32-year aridity analysis: a tool for better understanding on water resources management in Lebanon
Building shadow detection based on multi-thresholding segmentation
The human eye can easily identify shadows of illuminated objects. However, automatically detecting such shadows with the use of …
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Building shadow detection based on multi-thresholding segmentation
Time-clustering behavior and cycles in the time dynamics of car accident sequences in Lebanon
This manuscript analyzes the temporal properties of sequences of car accidents in Lebanon from 2015 to 2018, using data from the …
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Time-clustering behavior and cycles in the time dynamics of car accident sequences in Lebanon
Autonomous Vehicle Detection and Classification in High Resolution Satellite Imagery
High resolution remote sensing data can provide worldwide images rapidly contrasted with conventional strategies for information …
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Autonomous Vehicle Detection and Classification in High Resolution Satellite Imagery
Autonomous Building Detection Using Edge Properties and Image Color Invariants
Automated building extraction from high-resolution satellite imagery is a challenging research problem, and several issues remain with …
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Autonomous Building Detection Using Edge Properties and Image Color Invariants
Post-War Building Damage Detection
Natural disasters and wars wreak havoc not only on individuals and critical infrastructure, but also leave behind ruined residential …
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Post-War Building Damage Detection
Design of a Lebanese Cube Satellite
Nowadays, nanosatellites are widely used in space technology due to their small size, ease of deployment, and relatively short …
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Design of a Lebanese Cube Satellite
Speed Trap Optimal Patrolling: STOP Playing Stackelberg Security Games
During 2015, 35,092 people died in motor vehicle crashes on the U.S. roadways, an increase from 32,744 in 2014. The 7.2% increase is …
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Speed Trap Optimal Patrolling: STOP Playing Stackelberg Security Games