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However, most existing clustering methods designed for remote sensing tasks aim to solve a non-convex objective function, which can be optimized iteratively, beginning with random initializations. Consequently, during the learning phase of the clustering model, it may easily fall into bad local optimal solutions and finally hurt the clustering performance. Additionally, prevailing approaches often exhibit limitations in capturing the intricate structures inherent in hyperspectral images and are very sensitive to noise and outliers that widely exist in remote sensing data. To address these issues, we proposed a novel Euler kernel mapping for hyperspectral image clustering via self-paced learning (EKM-SPL). EKM-SPL first employs self-paced learning to learn the clustering model in a meaningful order by progressing samples from easy to complex, which can help to remove bad local optimal solutions. Secondly, a probabilistic soft weighting scheme is employed to measure complexity across the data sample, which makes the optimization process more reasonable. Thirdly, in order to more accurately characterize the intricate structure of hyperspectral images, Euler kernel mapping is used to convert the original data into a reproduced kernel Hilbert space, where the nonlinearly inseparable clusters may become linearly separable. Moreover, we innovatively integrate the coordinate descent technique into the optimization algorithm to circumvent the computational inefficiencies and information loss typically associated with conventional kernel methods. Extensive experiments conducted on classic benchmark hyperspectral image datasets illustrate the effectiveness and superiority of our proposed model.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16214097","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,4]],"date-time":"2024-11-04T09:52:54Z","timestamp":1730713974000},"page":"4097","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Euler Kernel Mapping for Hyperspectral Image Clustering via Self-Paced Learning"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Fenggan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Xi\u2019an Research Institute of High Technology, Xi\u2019an 710025, China"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mathematical Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116038, China"}]},{"given":"Jianwei","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Xi\u2019an Research Institute of High Technology, Xi\u2019an 710025, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6645-8853","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Haojie","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Xi\u2019an Research Institute of High Technology, Xi\u2019an 710025, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Li, X., Zhang, L., and You, J. 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