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Chin. Phys. B, 2025, Vol. 34(11): 114301    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ade389
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Surface and underwater target classification under limited sample sizes based on sound field elevation structure

Yixin Miao(苗艺馨)1,2,3, Jin Fu(付进)4,†, and Xue Wang(王雪)5
1 National Key Laboratory of Underwater Acoustic Technology, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China;
2 Key Laboratory of Marine Information Acquisition and Security (Harbin Engineering University), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin 150001, China;
3 College of Underwater Acoustic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China;
4 School of Electronic Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100094, China;
5 Hangzhou Applied Acoustics Research Institute, Hangzhou 310023, China
Abstract  Surface/underwater target classification is a key topic in marine information research. However, the complex underwater environment, coupled with the diversity of target types and their variable characteristics, presents significant challenges for classifier design. For shallow-water waveguides with a negative thermocline, a residual neural network (ResNet) model based on the sound field elevation structure is constructed. This model demonstrates robust classification performance even when facing low signal-to-noise ratios and environmental mismatches. Meanwhile, to address the reduced generalization ability caused by limited labeled acoustic data, an improved ResNet model based on unsupervised domain adaptation (“proposed UDA-ResNet”) is further constructed. This model incorporates data on simulated elevation structures of the sound field to augment the training process. Adversarial training is employed to extract domain-invariant features from simulated and trial data. These strategies help reduce the negative impact caused by domain differences. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method shows strong surface/underwater target classification ability under limited sample sizes, thus confirming its feasibility and effectiveness.
Keywords:  sound field elevation structure      surface/underwater target classification      limited sample size      unsupervised domain adaptation  
Received:  21 April 2025      Revised:  08 June 2025      Accepted manuscript online:  11 June 2025
PACS:  43.30.-k (Underwater sound)  
  43.30.Bp (Normal mode propagation of sound in water)  
  43.60.Np (Acoustic signal processing techniques for neural nets and learning systems)  
  07.05.Mh (Neural networks, fuzzy logic, artificial intelligence)  
Fund: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62471024 and 62301183) and the Open Research Fund of Hanjiang Laboratory (KF2024001).
Corresponding Authors:  Jin Fu     E-mail:  fujin@buaa.edu.cn

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Yixin Miao(苗艺馨), Jin Fu(付进), and Xue Wang(王雪) Surface and underwater target classification under limited sample sizes based on sound field elevation structure 2025 Chin. Phys. B 34 114301

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