Spectral Unmixing

Guaranteed Best Sparse Solutions for Spectral Unmixing

Cardinality-constrained sparse spectral unmixing can be solved using Branch-and-Bound algorithms, provided that the number of reference endmembers and the cardinality constraint are reasonably small. However, focusing solely on the best solution may not always be the most relevant approach, especially in the presence of high correlation between endmembers, solutions close to the optimal one-in terms of objective function-but with different supports (activated endmembers) may offer better interpretability.