1st Edition

Explainable Machine Learning for Geospatial Data Analysis A Data-Centric Approach

By Courage Kamusoko Copyright 2025
280 Pages 24 Color & 69 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

280 Pages 24 Color & 69 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

280 Pages 24 Color & 69 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Explainable machine learning (XML), a subfield of AI, is focused on making complex AI models understandable to humans. This book highlights and explains the details of machine learning models used in geospatial data analysis. It demonstrates the need for a data-centric, explainable machine learning approach to obtain new insights from geospatial data. It presents the opportunities, challenges,... Read more

Part I: Introduction.  1. Challenges and Opportunities.  Part II: Foundations.  2. An Introduction to Explainable Machine Learning.  3. Approaches to Explainable Machine Learning.  4. Approaches to Explainable Deep Learning.  5. Landslide Susceptibility Modeling Using a Logistic Regression Model.  Part III: Techniques and Applications.  6.  Urban Land Cover Classification Using Earth Observation (EO) Data and Machine Learning Models.  7. Modeling Forest Canopy Height Using Earth Observation (EO) Data and Machine Learning Models.  8. Modeling Aboveground Biomass Density Using Earth Observation (EO) Data and Machine Learning Models.  9. Explainable Deep Learning for Mapping Building Footprints Using High-Resolution Imagery.  10. Towards Explainable AI and Data-Centric Approaches for Geospatial Data Analysis.  11. Appendix.

Biography

Courage Kamusoko is an independent geospatial consultant based in Japan. His expertise includes land-use/cover change modeling and the design and implementation of geospatial database management systems. His primary research involves analyses of remotely sensed images, land-use/cover modeling, modeling aboveground biomass, machine learning, and deep learning. In addition to his focus on geospatial research and consultancy, he has dedicated time to teaching practical machine learning for geospatial data analysis and modeling.