Remote Sensing Scene Classification via Multi-Feature Fusion Based on Discriminative Multiple Canonical Correlation Analysis

Scene classification in remote sensing images is one of the urgent tasks that requires an improvement in recognition accuracy due to complex spatial structures and high inter-class similarity. Although feature extraction using convolutional neural networks provides high efficiency, combining deep features obtained from different architectures in a semantically consistent manner remains an important scientific problem. In this study, a DMCCA + SVM model is proposed, in which Discriminative Multiple Canonical Correlation Analysis (DMCCA) is applied to fuse multi-source deep features, and final classification is performed using a Support Vector Machine (SVM). Unlike conventional fusion methods, DMCCA projects heterogeneous features into a unified low-dimensional latent space by maximizing within-class correlation and minimizing between-class correlation, resulting in a more separable and compact feature space. The proposed approach was evaluated on three widely used benchmark datasets—NWPU-RESISC45, AID, and PatternNet—and achieved accuracy scores of 92.75%, 93.92%, and 99.35%, respectively. The results showed that the model outperforms modern individual CNN architectures. Additionally, the model’s stability and generalization capability were confirmed through K-fold cross-validation. Overall, the proposed DMCCA + SVM model was experimentally validated as an effective and reliable solution for high-accuracy classification of remote sensing scenes.