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One of the ways to solve this problem is to model an objective function that measures class separability and utilize it to arrive at a subset of bands. In this research, we studied MFO to select optimal spectral bands for classification. MFO is inspired by the behavior of moths with respect to flames, which is the navigation method of moths in nature called transverse orientation. In MFO, a moth navigates the search space through a process called transverse orientation by keeping a constant angle with the Moon, which is a compelling strategy for traveling long distances in a straight line, considering that the Moon\u2019s distance from the moth is considerably long. Our research tested MFO on three benchmark hyperspectral datasets\u2014Indian Pines, University of Pavia, and Salinas. MFO produced an Overall Accuracy (OA) of 88.98%, 94.85%, and 97.17%, respectively, on the three datasets. Our experimental results indicate that MFO produces better OA and Kappa when compared to state-of-the-art band selection algorithms such as particle swarm optimization, grey wolf, cuckoo search, and genetic algorithms. The analysis results prove that the proposed approach effectively addresses the spectral band selection problem and provides a high classification accuracy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jimaging8050126","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,27]],"date-time":"2022-04-27T22:20:20Z","timestamp":1651098020000},"page":"126","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery for Band Selection Using Moth\u2013Flame Metaheuristic Optimization"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1558-4577","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Raju","family":"Anand","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore 641112, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8443-883X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sathishkumar","family":"Samiaappan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geosystems Research Institute, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39759, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1070-8219","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shanmugham","family":"Veni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore 641112, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ethan","family":"Worch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geosystems Research Institute, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39759, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meilun","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geosystems Research Institute, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39759, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Chang, C.I. 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