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With the vigorous development of deep learning, many researchers apply this method to SAR target classification to obtain a more automatic process and more accurate results. In this paper, a novel deep forest model constructed by multi-grained cascade forest (gcForest), which is different from the traditional neural network (NN) model, is employed to classify ten types of SAR targets in the moving and stationary target acquisition and recognition (MSTAR) dataset. Considering that the targets of input images may be off-center and of different sizes in practical applications, two improved models based on varying weights by image features have been put forward, and both obtain better results. A series of experiments have been conducted to optimize model parameters, and final results with the MSTAR dataset illustrate that the two improved models are both superior to the original gcForest model. This is the first attempt to classify SAR targets using the non-NN model.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12010128","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,3]],"date-time":"2020-01-03T04:43:03Z","timestamp":1578026583000},"page":"128","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["SAR Target Classification Based on Deep Forest Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Jiahuan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Spaceborne Microwave Remote Sensing System, Aerospace Information Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Electronics, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"given":"Hongjun","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Spaceborne Microwave Remote Sensing System, Aerospace Information Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"}]},{"given":"Binbin","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Spaceborne Microwave Remote Sensing System, Aerospace Information Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Electronics, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2306","DOI":"10.1121\/1.4779289","article-title":"Automatic target recognition in acoustics: An overview","volume":"112","author":"Sacha","year":"2002","journal-title":"J. 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