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\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}\raggedright \textcolor{GJMediumGrey}{\rule{\textwidth}{2pt}} \vskip16pt \textcolor{GJBlue}{\large\bfseries\abstractname\space} }{% \vskip8pt \textcolor{GJMediumGrey}{\rule{\textwidth}{2pt}} \vskip16pt } \usepackage[absolute,overlay]{textpos} \makeatother \usepackage{lineno} \linenumbers \begin{document} \author[1]{Dr. Farooq Ahmad} \affil[1]{ University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.} \renewcommand\Authands{ and } \date{\small \em Received: 14 December 2011 Accepted: 1 January 2012 Published: 15 January 2012} \maketitle \begin{abstract} The hyperspectral image analysis technique, one of the most advanced remote sensing tools, has been used as a possible means of identifying from a single pixel or in the field of view of the sensor. An important problem in hyperspectral image processing is to decompose the mixed pixels into the information that contribute to the pixel, endmember, and a set of corresponding fractions of the spectral signature in the pixel, abundances, and this problem is known as un-mixing. The effectiveness of the hyperspectral image analysis technique used in this study lies in their ability to compare a pixel spectrum with the spectra of known pure vegetation, extracted from the spectral endmember selection procedures, including the reflectance calibration of Landsat ETM+ image using ENVI software, minimum noise fraction (MNF), pixel purity index (PPI), and n-dimensional visualization. The Endmember extraction is one of the most fundamental and crucial tasks in hyperspectral data exploitation, an ultimate goal of an endmember extraction algorithm is to find the purest form of spectrally distinct resource information of a scene. The endmember extraction tendency to the type of endmembers being derived, and the number of endmembers, estimated by an algorithm, with respect to the number of spectral bands, and the number of pixels being processed, also the required input data, and the kind of noise, if any, in the signal model surveying done. Results of the present study using the hyperspectral image analysis technique ascertain that Landsat ETM+ data can be used to generate valuable vegetative information for the District Vehari, Punjab Province, Pakistan. \end{abstract} \keywords{Algorithm, endmember, fraction, LandsatMNF, n-dimension, PPI, remote sensing.} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1cm,1cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\LARGE Global Journals \LaTeX\ JournalKaleidoscope\texttrademark} \end{textblock*} \begin{textblock*}{18cm}(1.4cm,1.5cm) % {block width} (coords) \textcolor{GJBlue}{\footnotesize \\ Artificial Intelligence formulated this projection for compatibility purposes from the original article published at Global Journals. However, this technology is currently in beta. \emph{Therefore, kindly ignore odd layouts, missed formulae, text, tables, or figures.}} \end{textblock*} \let\tabcellsep& \section[{I. Introduction}]{I. Introduction}\par he recent developments in remote sensing technology have witnessed two major trends in sensor improvement \hyperref[b28]{(Qiu et al., 2006)}. The hyperspectral imaging \hyperref[b36]{(Shippert, 2003)} is concerned with the measurement, analysis, and interpretation of spectra acquired from a given scene at a short, medium or long distance by an airborne or satellite sensor \hyperref[b17]{(Goetz et al., 1985;}\hyperref[b2]{Aspinall et al., 2002)}. The pixel purity index \hyperref[b18]{(González et al., 2010;}\hyperref[b25]{Pal et al., 2011)} allows for spatial data reduction. The pixels in the image that represent the 'most pure' spectral signatures are identified and subset from the mass majority of pixels representing mixed pixels. A 'pure' pixel, also known as an endmember \hyperref[b23]{(Nascimento and Dias, 2005)}, can be envisioned as a homogenous area greater in spatial extent than the image pixel size, so that the recorded signal for that pixel represents a spectral profile for single surface information \hyperref[b8]{(Boardman, 1993;}\hyperref[b11]{Boardman et al., 1995)}. It assumes that the pixel-to-pixel variability in a scene results from varying proportions of spectral endmembers \hyperref[b34]{(Rogge et al., 2007)}. The spectrum of a mixed pixel can be calculated as a linear combination of the endmember spectra weighted by the area coverage of each endmember within the pixel, if the scattering and absorption of electromagnetic radiation is derived from a single component on the surface (Keshava and Mustard, 2002; \hyperref[b34]{Rogge et al., 2007)}. Image endmembers are pixel spectra that lie at the vertices of the image simplex in n-dimensional space. Imagery may provide similarly meaningful endmembers that can be considered 'pure' or relatively 'pure' spectra, meaning that little or no mixing with other endmembers has occurred within a given pixel \hyperref[b34]{(Rogge et al., 2007)}. A mixed pixel is a picture element representing an area occupied by more than one ground cover type \hyperref[b21]{(Mozaffar et al., 2008)}. Spectral unmixing represents a significant step in the evolution of remote decompositional analysis that began with multispectral sensing \hyperref[b36]{(Shippert, 2003)}. It is a consequence of collecting data in greater and greater quantities and the desire to extract more detailed information about the resource composition {\ref (Keshava and Mustard, 2002)}. Spectral analysis extracts useful information might have missed otherwise from the raw pixel values of medium and high resolution imagery and can reveal hidden information locked in the pixels of imagery {\ref (Keshava and Mustard, 2002;}\hyperref[b36]{Shippert, 2003)}.\par The hyperspectral imagery provides opportunities to extract more detailed information than is possible using traditional multispectral data. The future of hyperspectral remote sensing is promising \hyperref[b36]{(Shippert, 2003)}. As newly commissioned hyperspectral sensors provide more imagery alternatives, and newly developed image processing algorithms provide more analytical tools, hyperspectral remote sensing is positioned to become one of the core technologies for geospatial research \hyperref[b37]{(Shippert, 2004)}, exploration, and monitoring.\par Hyperspectral images have been used to detect soil properties including moisture, organic content, and \section[{Research Design and Methods}]{Research Design and Methods}\par In this research paper Landsat ETM+ scene 2003 for the District Vehari (path 150, row 39) was used for hyperspectral image analysis. In order to use this scene, several steps were followed to prepare for an accurate extraction of vegetation endmember. These vital steps are: image registration, geometric correction, radiometric enhancement, and histogram equalization as discussed by Macleod and Congalton (1998), Mahmoodzadeh (2007) and Al-Awadhi et al., 2011. The scene was corrected and geo-referenced using projection UTM, zone 43 and datum WGS 84. Atmospheric correction operation was performed using ENVI software. Further, Minimum Noise Fraction (MNF), Pixel Purity Index (PPI), n-Dimensional Visualizer (n-DV) and Endmember Extraction technique has been used for hyperspectral image analysis (Figure \hyperref[fig_1]{1}).\par The Pixel Purity Index (PPI) technique was adopted using ENVI 'automated spectral hourglass' application upon ETM+ image. The PPI was applied upon the full scene of the district. In this experiment 22,948,704 pixels were operated (Figure \hyperref[fig_5]{3} The hyperspectral imaging, also known as imaging spectrometry, is now a reasonably familiar concept in the world of remote sensing. Hyperspectral images are spectrally providing ample spectral information \hyperref[b36]{(Shippert, 2003)} to identify and distinguish between spectrally similar resource information. Consequently, hyperspectral imagery provides the potential for more accurate and detailed information extraction than is possible with other types of remotely sensed data \hyperref[b37]{(Shippert, 2004)}. Standard multispectral image processing techniques were generally developed to classify multispectral images into broad categories of surface condition. Hyperspectral imagery provides an opportunity for more detailed image analysis. \hyperref[b8]{Boardman (1993)} and \hyperref[b11]{Boardman et al. (1995)} were among the first to develop and commercialize a sequence of algorithms specifically designed to extract detailed information from hyperspectral imagery \hyperref[b37]{(Shippert, 2004)}. ENVI tools, applicable to a variety of applications, distinguish and identify the unique resource information present in the scene and map them throughout the image (Research System, Inc., 2004). \section[{III. Results}]{III. Results}\par The hyperspectral imaging is a new emerging technology in remote sensing which generates hundreds of images, at different wavelength channels, for the same area on the surface of the Earth \hyperref[b17]{(Goetz et al., 1985} A region from 0.38 to 2.5 ?m or 380 nm to 2500 nm using two hundred twenty four spectral channels, at nominal spectral resolution of 10 nm \hyperref[b18]{(González et al., 2010)}.\par The Pixel Purity Index (PPI) is a new automated procedure in the hyperspectral analysis process \hyperref[b8]{(Boardman, 1993;}\hyperref[b11]{Boardman et al., 1995)} for defining potential image endmember spectra \hyperref[b3]{(Bateson and Curtiss, 1996)} for spectral unmixing {\ref (Lillesand and Kiefer, 2000)}. When image spectra are treated as points in n-dimensional spectral space, endmember spectra should lie along the margins of the data cloud (MicroImages, Inc., 1999; \hyperref[b7]{Berman et al., 2004)}. The PPI creates a large number of randomly oriented test vectors anchored at the origin of the coordinate space. The spectral points are projected onto each test vector, and spectra within a threshold distance of the minimum and maximum projected values are flagged as extreme \hyperref[b23]{(Nascimento and Dias, 2005)}. As directions are tested, the process tallies the number of times an image cell is found to be extreme \hyperref[b19]{(Miao and Qi, 2007)}. Cells with high values in the resulting PPI raster should correspond primarily to 'edge' spectra . The PPI raster then can be used as a mask to control input to the n-dimensional visualizer (MicroImages, Inc., 1999; \hyperref[b45]{Zhang et al., 2008)}.\par The most commonly used endmember extraction (Figure \hyperref[fig_8]{5}, 6 and Table \hyperref[tab_1]{1}, 2) tool is pixel purity index, which searches for vertices that define the data volume in n-dimensional space \hyperref[b34]{(Rogge et al., 2007)}. Commonly the first step of PPI is to apply MNF (Lee et al., 1990) to reduce the dimensionality of the data set {\ref (Green et al., 1988;}\hyperref[b34]{Rogge et al., 2007)}. The MNF transform is used to determine the inherent dimensionality of image data, to segregate noise in the data, and to reduce the computational requirements for subsequent processing \hyperref[b10]{(Boardman and Kruse, 1994)}. The transformation based on an estimated noise covariance matrix, decorrelates and rescales the noise in the data {\ref (Research Systems, Inc., 2003;}\hyperref[b37]{2004}). This step results in transformed data in which the noise has unit variance and no band-to-band correlations. For the purposes of further spectral processing, the inherent dimensionality of the data is determined by examination of the final eigenvalues and the associated images. The data space can be divided into two parts: one part associated with large eigenvalues and coherent eigenimages, and a complementary part with near-unity eigenvalues and noise-dominated images. By using only the coherent portions, the noise is separated from the data, thus improving spectral processing results {\ref (Research Systems, Inc., 2001;}\hyperref[b37]{2004)}.\par Spectra can be thought of as points in an ndimensional scatter plot, where n is the number of bands \hyperref[b11]{(Boardman et al., 1995)}. The coordinates of the points in n-space consist of 'n' values that are simply the spectral radiance or reflectance values in each band for a given pixel. The distribution of these points in n-space can be used to estimate the number of spectral endmembers and their pure spectral signatures (Research Systems, Inc., 2001). The scatter plot (Figure \hyperref[fig_9]{7}) is an important tool for exploring an image and helping to understand some of the spectral characteristics of features in an image. The two dimensional scatter plotting tool allows comparing not only the relationship between the data values in two selected bands but also the spatial distribution in the image of pixels in any area of the scatter plot. This combined functionality provides a very simple, twoband, interactive classification of image data (Research Systems, Inc., 2004).\par Spectral unmixing (Figure {\ref 9}) algorithms (Lillesand and Kiefer, 2000; \hyperref[b33]{Rogge et al., 2006}) use a variety of different statistical procedures to endmember extraction and estimate abundances. Unmixing problem comprises three sequential steps: dimension reduction, endmember determination, and inversion \hyperref[b12]{(Chang and Plaza, 2006)}. Because hyperspectral scenes can include extremely large amount of data, some algorithms for spectral unmixing first use image itself to estimate endmembers present in the scene. The dimension-reduction stage reduces the dimension of the original data in the scene \hyperref[b16]{(Cochrane, 2000;}\hyperref[b21]{Mozaffar et al., 2008)}. The noise estimate can come from one of three sources; from the dark current image acquired with the data, from noise statistics calculated from the data (Richards and Jia, 1999), or from statistics saved from a previous transform. Both the eigenvalues and the Minimum Noise Fraction (MNF -Figure 10) images (eigenimages) are used to evaluate the dimensionality of the data \hyperref[b28]{(Qiu et al., 2006)}. Eigenvalues for bands that contain information will be an order of magnitude larger than those that contain only noise. The corresponding images will be spatially coherent, while the noise images will not contain any spatial information (Research Systems, Inc., 2004; \hyperref[b28]{Qiu et al., 2006)}. Processed by the author.\par Processed by the author. The Mixture Tuned Matched Filtering (MTMF -Figure \hyperref[fig_12]{11}) algorithm builds upon the strengths of both matched filtering and spectral unmixing while avoiding the disadvantages of both \hyperref[b9]{(Boardman, 1998)}. Matched filtering performs partial unmixing and identifies abundance of spectral endmembers without knowing background endmember signatures (Harsanyi and Chang 1994; \hyperref[b11]{Boardman et al., 1995)}. Matched filtering does not distinguish rare spectral targets very well and assumes an additive signal based upon radio/radar applications. Spectral unmixing takes advantage of the hyperspectral leverage to solve the linear mixed pixel problem, but traditional spectral unmixing techniques require knowledge of all of the background endmembers \hyperref[b8]{(Boardman, 1993;}\hyperref[b3]{Bateson and Curtiss, 1996;}\hyperref[b4]{Bateson et al., 2000)}. Incorporating convex geometry concepts, mixtures must be non-negative and unit-sum helps identify false positives, unrealistic mixtures, and maps subpixel fractional abundances.\par The Minimum Noise Fraction (MNF) data reduction transform and Mixture Tuned Matched Filtering (MTMF) partial unmixing classification algorithm are relatively new image processing techniques that have proven to be effective target detection tools (Research Systems, Inc., 2004). These techniques allow partial unmixing and subpixel target abundance estimation, products that cannot be achieved using spectral angle mapping algorithms \hyperref[b22]{(Mundt et al., 2007)}.\par The n-dimensional visualizer serves as an interactive tool for multidimensional analysis and identification of spectral endmembers \hyperref[b39]{(Tompkins et al., 1997;}\hyperref[b26]{Plaza et al., 2002)}. The data are displayed in a defined number of dimensions and spectral endmembers are identified as pixels that are located at the corner vertices \hyperref[b40]{(Tsai and Philpot, 1998)}. The ndimensional visualizer second round of spatial data reduction designed to identify particular pixels or group of pixels that represent the purest spectra within the image. These pure spectra are exported and saved as ROI's that can be used for subsequent image classification techniques.\par The n-dimensional visualizer was used to interactively locate, identify, and cluster the most spectrally pure or unique pixels in the image by visualizing those pixels selected from the PPI as points in an multidimensional scatter plot (Figure \hyperref[fig_9]{7}), where the number of dimensions was defined by the total number of coherent MNF bands \hyperref[b8]{(Boardman, 1993;} {\ref Harris, 2006)}. The advantage of the n-dimensional visualizer was that it allowed visualization of points in an n-dimensional space, forming a data 'cloud' \hyperref[b6]{(Berk et al., 1998;} {\ref Harris, 2006)}.\par Advantages of this technology include both the qualitative benefits derived from a visual overview, and more importantly, the quantitative abilities for systematic assessment and monitoring \hyperref[b36]{(Shippert, 2003)} Pixel Purity Index Algorithm and N-Dimensional Visualization for ETM+ Image Analysis: A Case of District Vehari \section[{IV. Discussion and Conclusions}]{IV. Discussion and Conclusions}\par The potential of hyperspectral remote sensing is exciting; there are special issues that arise with this unique type of imagery. For example, many hyperspectral analysis algorithms require accurate atmospheric corrections to be performed. To meet this need, sophisticated atmospheric correction algorithms have been developed to calculate concentrations of atmospheric gases directly from the detailed spectral information contained in the imagery \hyperref[b32]{(Roberts et al., 1993;}\hyperref[b16]{Cochrane, 2000;}\hyperref[b24]{Okin et al., 2001;} {\ref Riano et al., 2002)} itself without additional ancillary data. These corrections can be performed separately for each pixel because each pixel has a detailed spectrum associated with it. Several of these atmospheric correction algorithms are available within commercial image processing software \hyperref[b37]{(Shippert, 2004)}. However, several image analysis algorithms have been successfully used with uncorrected imagery \hyperref[b36]{(Shippert, 2003)}.\par The MNF transform applied to the ETM+ data achieved a reasonable separation of coherent signal from complementary noise, therefore the MNF transformed eigenimages were employed and coupled with pixel purity index and n-dimensional visualization techniques to facilitate the extraction of the endmembers \hyperref[b38]{(Song, 2005;}\hyperref[b28]{Qiu et al., 2006)}. After applying PPI thresholding, the data volume to be analyzed has been effectively reduced \hyperref[b44]{(Zhang et al., 2000)}. However, it is still possible that many less 'pure' pixels have crept in as candidate endmembers during the automatic selection process. All the pixels that were previously selected using the PPI thresholding procedure are displayed as pixel clouds in the ndimensional spectral space \hyperref[b43]{(Welch et al., 1998)}. To make possible the visualization of a scatter plot with more than two dimensions, the pixel clouds of high dimensions are cast on the two-dimensional display screen {\ref (Kruse et al., 1993;}\hyperref[b41]{Tu et al., 1998)}. To effectively extract endmembers from high dimensional remote sensing data \hyperref[b27]{(Plaza et al., 2004)} and to effectively process the data, it is often necessary that the dimensionality of the original data be decreased and noise in the data be segregated first, so the visualizing complexity and computational requirement for the subsequent analysis can be reduced {\ref (Kalluri et al., 2001;}\hyperref[b28]{Qiu et al., 2006)}. This is often achieved through applying a minimum noise fraction transform to the high dimensional data \hyperref[b28]{(Qiu et al., 2006)}.\par The hyperspectral sensors and analysis have provided more information from remotely sensed imagery than ever possible before. As new sensors provide more hyperspectral imagery and new image processing algorithms continue to be developed, hyperspectral imagery \hyperref[b36]{(Shippert, 2003)} is positioned to become one of the most common research \hyperref[b37]{(Shippert, 2004)} employed was implemented based on the comparison of a pixel spectrum with the spectra of known pure resource information, which can be effectively extracted using endmember selection procedures such as minimum noise fraction, pixel purity index and ndimensional visualization. \section[{V. Acknowledgements}]{V. Acknowledgements}\par The \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{}\includegraphics[]{image-2.png} \caption{\label{fig_0}}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{1}\includegraphics[]{image-3.png} \caption{\label{fig_1}Figure 1 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{}\includegraphics[]{image-4.png} \caption{\label{fig_2}}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{2}\includegraphics[]{image-5.png} \caption{\label{fig_4}Figure 2 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{3}\includegraphics[]{image-6.png} \caption{\label{fig_5}Figure 3 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{4}\includegraphics[]{image-7.png} \caption{\label{fig_6}Figure 4 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{6}\includegraphics[]{image-8.png} \caption{\label{fig_7}Figure 6 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{5}\includegraphics[]{image-9.png} \caption{\label{fig_8}Figure 5 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{7}\includegraphics[]{image-10.png} \caption{\label{fig_9}Figure 7 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{}\includegraphics[]{image-11.png} \caption{\label{fig_10}}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{89}\includegraphics[]{image-12.png} \caption{\label{fig_11}Figure 8 :Figure 9 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{11}\includegraphics[]{image-13.png} \caption{\label{fig_12}Figure 11 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.85\textwidth}} salinity (Ben-Dor et al., 2002). Vegetation scientists have\\ successfully used hyperspectral imagery to identify\\ vegetation species (Clark and Swayze, 1995), study\\ plant canopy chemistry (Aber and Martin, 1995;\\ Shippert, 2003), and detect vegetation stress.\\ a) Study Area\\ The District Vehari (Figure 2 and 8) lies between\\ 29° 36' and 30° 22' North latitude and 71° 44' and 72° 53'\\ East longitude (GOP, 2000). The district is bounded on\\ the north by and Khanewal and Sahiwal, on the east by\\ Pakpattan, on the south by Bahawalpur and\\ Bahawalnagar, on the west by Lodhran and Khanewal.\\ of\\ endmembers being derived, and the number of endmembers,\\ estimated by an algorithm, with respect to the number of\\ spectral bands, and the number of pixels being processed,\\ also the required input data, and the kind of noise, if any, in\\ the signal model surveying done. Results of the present study\\ using the hyperspectral image analysis technique ascertain\\ that Landsat ETM+ data can be used to generate valuable\\ vegetative information for the District Vehari, Punjab Province,\\ Pakistan.\end{longtable} \par {\small\itshape [Note: The effectiveness of the hyperspectral image analysis technique used in this study lies in their ability to compare a pixel spectrum with the spectra of known pure vegetation, extracted from the spectral endmember selection procedures, including the reflectance calibration of Landsat ETM+ image using ENVI software, minimum noise fraction (MNF), pixel purity index (PPI), and n-dimensional visualization. The Endmember extraction is one of the most fundamental and crucial tasks in hyperspectral data exploitation, an ultimate goal of an endmember extraction algorithm is to find the purest form of spectrally distinct resource information of a scene. The endmember extraction tendency to the type]} \caption{\label{tab_0}}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{1} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.4515625\textwidth}P{0.053125\textwidth}P{0.06197916666666667\textwidth}P{0.06197916666666667\textwidth}P{0.053125\textwidth}P{0.053125\textwidth}P{0.053125\textwidth}P{0.06197916666666667\textwidth}} \multicolumn{8}{l}{Bands nD Class 1-2 nD Class 2-3 nD Class 3-4 nD Class 4-5 nD Class 5-6 nD Class 6-7 nD Class 7-8}\\ 1\tabcellsep 81\tabcellsep 74\tabcellsep 75\tabcellsep 84\tabcellsep 74\tabcellsep 76\tabcellsep 76\\ 2\tabcellsep 68\tabcellsep 62\tabcellsep 62\tabcellsep 84\tabcellsep 61\tabcellsep 64\tabcellsep 66\\ 3\tabcellsep 78\tabcellsep 66\tabcellsep 67\tabcellsep 99\tabcellsep 69\tabcellsep 74\tabcellsep 75\\ 4\tabcellsep 70\tabcellsep 57\tabcellsep 68\tabcellsep 77\tabcellsep 71\tabcellsep 86\tabcellsep 64\\ 5\tabcellsep 255\tabcellsep 103\tabcellsep 255\tabcellsep 48\tabcellsep 255\tabcellsep 255\tabcellsep 109\\ 8\tabcellsep 1\tabcellsep 255\tabcellsep 255\tabcellsep 38\tabcellsep 1\tabcellsep 1\tabcellsep 255\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_1}Table 1 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{2} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.17100591715976332\textwidth}P{0.09723865877712032\textwidth}P{0.09891518737672583\textwidth}P{0.09556213017751479\textwidth}P{0.09556213017751479\textwidth}P{0.09556213017751479\textwidth}P{0.09723865877712032\textwidth}P{0.09891518737672583\textwidth}} \multicolumn{8}{l}{Bands nD Class 1-2 nD Class 2-3 nD Class 3-4 nD Class 4-5 nD Class 5-6 nD Class 6-7 nD Class 7-8}\\ 1\tabcellsep -45.668144\tabcellsep -9.559686\tabcellsep -13.362324\tabcellsep -42.251820\tabcellsep -40.435787\tabcellsep -43.774044\tabcellsep -11.297052\\ 2\tabcellsep -3.265855\tabcellsep -0.914537\tabcellsep 18.957897\tabcellsep -11.722809\tabcellsep 3.940382\tabcellsep 14.638547\tabcellsep 4.918655\\ 3\tabcellsep 15.752277\tabcellsep -29.919695\tabcellsep -23.210220\tabcellsep -2.429869\tabcellsep 20.311623\tabcellsep 26.381514\tabcellsep -31.349176\\ 4\tabcellsep 296.551239\tabcellsep -137.255051\tabcellsep 52.496872\tabcellsep -22.368624\tabcellsep 294.801758\tabcellsep 282.927765\tabcellsep -135.733566\\ 5\tabcellsep -27.440727\tabcellsep 146.126907\tabcellsep 160.149399\tabcellsep -48.182602\tabcellsep -19.783876\tabcellsep -24.758867\tabcellsep 136.516922\\ 6\tabcellsep 139.244019\tabcellsep -62.703640\tabcellsep 27.703362\tabcellsep 1.272109\tabcellsep 137.308945\tabcellsep 129.952774\tabcellsep -63.861103\end{longtable} \par \caption{\label{tab_2}Table 2 :}\end{figure} \begin{figure}[htbp] \noindent\textbf{} \par \begin{longtable}{P{0.056624251497005985\textwidth}P{0.7933757485029941\textwidth}} \tabcellsep purity index algorithm for remotely sensed\\ \tabcellsep hyperspectral image analysis, EURASIP Journal on\\ \tabcellsep Advances in Signal Processing, Vol. 2010, pp.1-13.\\ \tabcellsep doi: 10.1155/2010/969806.\\ \tabcellsep 19. 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