diff --git a/Examples/Classification/CMakeLists.txt b/Examples/Classification/CMakeLists.txt
index 6fdc0a12eecca9dde200701fb6391d5e8385e71e..64aedec0e9347a33a7e7c06a585ce7cf411002be 100644
--- a/Examples/Classification/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Examples/Classification/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(SOMImageClassificationExample OTBIO OTBLearning)
ADD_EXECUTABLE(SupervisedImageClassificationExample SupervisedImageClassificationExample.cxx )
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(SupervisedImageClassificationExample OTBIO OTBLearning)
+ADD_EXECUTABLE(MajorityVotingFusionOfClassificationMapsExample MajorityVotingFusionOfClassificationMapsExample.cxx )
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(MajorityVotingFusionOfClassificationMapsExample OTBIO)
+
+ADD_EXECUTABLE(DempsterShaferFusionOfClassificationMapsExample DempsterShaferFusionOfClassificationMapsExample.cxx )
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(DempsterShaferFusionOfClassificationMapsExample OTBIO)
+
ADD_EXECUTABLE(ClassificationMapRegularizationExample ClassificationMapRegularizationExample.cxx )
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ClassificationMapRegularizationExample OTBIO OTBCommon)
diff --git a/Examples/Classification/DempsterShaferFusionOfClassificationMapsExample.cxx b/Examples/Classification/DempsterShaferFusionOfClassificationMapsExample.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e1c50cf926d75e8a86120baf4db6a0a0f5b27abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/Classification/DempsterShaferFusionOfClassificationMapsExample.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,331 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+ Program: ORFEO Toolbox
+ Language: C++
+ Date: $Date$
+ Version: $Revision$
+
+
+ Copyright (c) Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. All rights reserved.
+ See OTBCopyright.txt for details.
+
+
+ This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+ the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ PURPOSE. See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// The fusion filter \doxygen{otb}{DSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilter} is based on the Dempster
+// Shafer (DS) fusion framework. For each pixel, it chooses the class label Ai for which the
+// belief function bel(Ai) is maximal after the DS combination of all the available masses of
+// belief of all the class labels. The masses of belief (MOBs) of all the labels present in each
+// classification map are read from input *.CSV confusion matrix files.
+// Moreover, the pixels into the input classification maps to be fused which are equal to the
+// \emph{nodataLabel} value are ignored by the fusion process. In case of not unique class labels,
+// the output pixel is set to the \emph{undecidedLabel} value.
+// We start by including the appropriate header files.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+#include "otbImageListToVectorImageFilter.h"
+#include "otbConfusionMatrixToMassOfBelief.h"
+#include "otbDSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilter.h"
+
+#include <fstream>
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+#include "otbImage.h"
+#include "otbImageFileReader.h"
+#include "otbImageFileWriter.h"
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// We will assume unsigned short type input labeled images. We define a type for
+// confusion matrices as \doxygen{itk}{VariableSizeMatrix} which will be used to estimate the masses of belief of all the
+// class labels for each input classification map. For this purpose, the
+// \doxygen{otb}{ConfusionMatrixToMassOfBelief} will be used to convert each input confusion matrix
+// into masses of belief for each class label.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ typedef unsigned short LabelPixelType;
+ typedef unsigned long ConfusionMatrixEltType;
+ typedef itk::VariableSizeMatrix<ConfusionMatrixEltType> ConfusionMatrixType;
+ typedef otb::ConfusionMatrixToMassOfBelief
+ <ConfusionMatrixType, LabelPixelType> ConfusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefType;
+ typedef ConfusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefType::MapOfClassesType MapOfClassesType;
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+
+int CSVConfusionMatrixFileReader(const std::string fileName, MapOfClassesType &mapOfClassesRefClX, ConfusionMatrixType &confusionMatrixClX)
+ {
+ std::ifstream inFile;
+ inFile.open(fileName.c_str());
+
+ if (!inFile)
+ {
+ std::cerr << "Confusion Matrix File opening problem with file:" << std::endl;
+ std::cerr << fileName.c_str() << std::endl;
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ LabelPixelType labelRef = 0, labelProd = 0;
+ std::string currentLine, refLabelsLine, prodLabelsLine, currentValue;
+ const char endCommentChar = ':';
+ const char separatorChar = ',';
+ const char eolChar = '\n';
+ std::getline(inFile, refLabelsLine, endCommentChar); // Skips the comments
+ std::getline(inFile, refLabelsLine, eolChar); // Gets the first line after the comment char until the End Of Line char
+ std::getline(inFile, prodLabelsLine, endCommentChar); // Skips the comments
+ std::getline(inFile, prodLabelsLine, eolChar); // Gets the second line after the comment char until the End Of Line char
+
+ std::istringstream issRefLabelsLine(refLabelsLine);
+ std::istringstream issProdLabelsLine(prodLabelsLine);
+
+ MapOfClassesType mapOfClassesProdClX;
+
+ mapOfClassesRefClX.clear();
+ mapOfClassesProdClX.clear();
+ int itLab = 0;
+ while (issRefLabelsLine.good())
+ {
+ std::getline(issRefLabelsLine, currentValue, separatorChar);
+ labelRef = static_cast<LabelPixelType> (std::atoi(currentValue.c_str()));
+ mapOfClassesRefClX[labelRef] = itLab;
+ ++itLab;
+ }
+
+ itLab = 0;
+ while (issProdLabelsLine.good())
+ {
+ std::getline(issProdLabelsLine, currentValue, separatorChar);
+ labelProd = static_cast<LabelPixelType> (std::atoi(currentValue.c_str()));
+ mapOfClassesProdClX[labelProd] = itLab;
+ ++itLab;
+ }
+
+ unsigned int nbRefLabelsClk = mapOfClassesRefClX.size();
+ unsigned int nbProdLabelsClk = mapOfClassesProdClX.size();
+ ConfusionMatrixType confusionMatrixClXTemp;
+ confusionMatrixClXTemp = ConfusionMatrixType(nbRefLabelsClk, nbProdLabelsClk);
+ confusionMatrixClXTemp.Fill(0);
+
+ // Reading the confusion matrix confusionMatrixClXTemp from the file
+ for (unsigned int itRow = 0; itRow < nbRefLabelsClk; ++itRow)
+ {
+ //Gets the itRow^th line after the header lines with the labels
+ std::getline(inFile, currentLine, eolChar);
+ std::istringstream issCurrentLine(currentLine);
+ unsigned int itCol = 0;
+ while (issCurrentLine.good())
+ {
+ std::getline(issCurrentLine, currentValue, separatorChar);
+ confusionMatrixClXTemp(itRow, itCol) = static_cast<ConfusionMatrixEltType> (std::atoi(currentValue.c_str()));
+ ++itCol;
+ }
+ }
+
+ MapOfClassesType::iterator itMapOfClassesRef, itMapOfClassesProd;
+
+ // Formatting confusionMatrixClX from confusionMatrixClXTemp in order to make confusionMatrixClX a square matrix
+ // from the reference labels in mapOfClassesRefClX
+ int indiceLabelRef = 0, indiceLabelProd = 0;
+ int indiceLabelRefTemp = 0, indiceLabelProdTemp = 0;
+ // Initialization of confusionMatrixClX
+ confusionMatrixClX = ConfusionMatrixType(nbRefLabelsClk, nbRefLabelsClk);
+ confusionMatrixClX.Fill(0);
+ for (itMapOfClassesRef = mapOfClassesRefClX.begin(); itMapOfClassesRef != mapOfClassesRefClX.end(); ++itMapOfClassesRef)
+ {
+ // labels labelRef of mapOfClassesRefClX are already sorted
+ labelRef = itMapOfClassesRef->first;
+ indiceLabelRefTemp = itMapOfClassesRef->second;
+
+ for (itMapOfClassesProd = mapOfClassesProdClX.begin(); itMapOfClassesProd != mapOfClassesProdClX.end(); ++itMapOfClassesProd)
+ {
+ // labels labelProd of mapOfClassesProdClX are already sorted
+ labelProd = itMapOfClassesProd->first;
+ indiceLabelProdTemp = itMapOfClassesProd->second;
+
+ // If labelProd is present in mapOfClassesRefClX
+ if (mapOfClassesRefClX.count(labelProd) != 0)
+ {
+ // Indice of labelProd in mapOfClassesRefClX; itMapOfClassesRef->second elements are already SORTED
+ indiceLabelProd = mapOfClassesRefClX[labelProd];
+ confusionMatrixClX(indiceLabelRef, indiceLabelProd) = confusionMatrixClXTemp(indiceLabelRefTemp, indiceLabelProdTemp);
+ }
+ }
+ ++indiceLabelRef;
+ }
+ }
+ inFile.close();
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ }
+
+
+
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[])
+{
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// The input labeled images to be fused are expected to be scalar images.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ const unsigned int Dimension = 2;
+ typedef otb::Image<LabelPixelType, Dimension> LabelImageType;
+ typedef otb::VectorImage<LabelPixelType, Dimension> VectorImageType;
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+ LabelPixelType nodataLabel = atoi(argv[argc - 3]);
+ LabelPixelType undecidedLabel = atoi(argv[argc - 2]);
+ const char * outfname = argv[argc - 1];
+
+ unsigned int nbParameters = 3;
+ unsigned int nbClassificationMaps = (argc - 1 - nbParameters) / 2;
+
+ // Software Guide : BeginLatex
+ //
+ // We declare an \doxygen{otb}{ImageListToVectorImageFilter} which will stack all the
+ // input classification maps to be fused as a single VectorImage for which each
+ // band is a classification map. This VectorImage will then be the input of the
+ // Dempster Shafer fusion filter \doxygen{otb}{DSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilter}.
+ //
+ // Software Guide : EndLatex
+ // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+
+ typedef otb::ImageList<LabelImageType> LabelImageListType;
+ typedef otb::ImageListToVectorImageFilter
+ <LabelImageListType, VectorImageType> ImageListToVectorImageFilterType;
+ // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+ typedef ConfusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefType::MassOfBeliefDefinitionMethod MassOfBeliefDefinitionMethod;
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// The Dempster Shafer fusion filter \doxygen{otb}{DSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilter} is declared.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ // Dempster Shafer
+ typedef otb::DSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilter
+ <VectorImageType, LabelImageType> DSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilterType;
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+ typedef DSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilterType::VectorOfMapOfMassesOfBeliefType VectorOfMapOfMassesOfBeliefType;
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// Both reader and writer are defined. Since the images
+// to classify can be very big, we will use a streamed writer which
+// will trigger the streaming ability of the fusion filter.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ typedef otb::ImageFileReader<LabelImageType> ReaderType;
+ typedef otb::ImageFileWriter<LabelImageType> WriterType;
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// The image list of input classification maps is filled. Moreover, the input
+// confusion matrix files are converted into masses of belief.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ ReaderType::Pointer reader;
+ LabelImageListType::Pointer imageList = LabelImageListType::New();
+ ConfusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefType::Pointer confusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefFilter;
+ confusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefFilter = ConfusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefType::New();
+
+ MassOfBeliefDefinitionMethod massOfBeliefDef;
+
+ // Several parameters are available to estimate the masses of belief
+ // from the confusion matrices: PRECISION, RECALL, ACCURACY and KAPPA
+ massOfBeliefDef = ConfusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefType::PRECISION;
+
+ VectorOfMapOfMassesOfBeliefType vectorOfMapOfMassesOfBelief;
+ for (unsigned int itCM = 0; itCM < nbClassificationMaps; ++itCM)
+ {
+ std::string fileNameClassifiedImage = argv[itCM + 1];
+ std::string fileNameConfMat = argv[itCM + 1 + nbClassificationMaps];
+
+ reader = ReaderType::New();
+ reader->SetFileName(fileNameClassifiedImage);
+ reader->Update();
+
+ imageList->PushBack(reader->GetOutput());
+
+ MapOfClassesType mapOfClassesClk;
+ ConfusionMatrixType confusionMatrixClk;
+
+ // The data (class labels and confusion matrix values) are read and
+ // extracted from the *.CSV file with an ad-hoc file parser
+ CSVConfusionMatrixFileReader(
+ fileNameConfMat, mapOfClassesClk, confusionMatrixClk);
+
+ // The parameters of the ConfusionMatrixToMassOfBelief filter are set
+ confusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefFilter->SetMapOfClasses(mapOfClassesClk);
+ confusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefFilter->SetConfusionMatrix(confusionMatrixClk);
+ confusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefFilter->SetDefinitionMethod(massOfBeliefDef);
+ confusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefFilter->Update();
+
+ // Vector containing ALL the K (= nbClassifiers) std::map<Label, MOB> of Masses
+ // of Belief
+ vectorOfMapOfMassesOfBelief.push_back(
+ confusionMatrixToMassOfBeliefFilter->GetMapMassOfBelief());
+ }
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// The image list of input classification maps is converted into a VectorImage to
+// be used as input of the \doxygen{otb}{DSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilter}.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ // Image List To VectorImage
+ ImageListToVectorImageFilterType::Pointer imageListToVectorImageFilter;
+ imageListToVectorImageFilter = ImageListToVectorImageFilterType::New();
+ imageListToVectorImageFilter->SetInput(imageList);
+
+ DSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilterType::Pointer dsFusionFilter;
+ dsFusionFilter = DSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilterType::New();
+
+ // The parameters of the DSFusionOfClassifiersImageFilter are set
+ dsFusionFilter->SetInput(imageListToVectorImageFilter->GetOutput());
+ dsFusionFilter->SetInputMapsOfMassesOfBelief(&vectorOfMapOfMassesOfBelief);
+ dsFusionFilter->SetLabelForNoDataPixels(nodataLabel);
+ dsFusionFilter->SetLabelForUndecidedPixels(undecidedLabel);
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// Once it is plugged the pipeline triggers its execution by updating
+// the output of the writer.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+
+ WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();
+ writer->SetInput(dsFusionFilter->GetOutput());
+ writer->SetFileName(outfname);
+ writer->Update();
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/Examples/Classification/MajorityVotingFusionOfClassificationMapsExample.cxx b/Examples/Classification/MajorityVotingFusionOfClassificationMapsExample.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0f5551b36db0965f2276b2c5ad2c974d0e230306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/Classification/MajorityVotingFusionOfClassificationMapsExample.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+ Program: ORFEO Toolbox
+ Language: C++
+ Date: $Date$
+ Version: $Revision$
+
+
+ Copyright (c) Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. All rights reserved.
+ See OTBCopyright.txt for details.
+
+
+ This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+ the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ PURPOSE. See the above copyright notices for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// The Majority Voting fusion filter \doxygen{itk}{LabelVotingImageFilter} used is based on ITK.
+// For each pixel, it chooses the more frequent class label among the input classification maps.
+// In case of not unique class labels, the output pixel is set to the \emph{undecidedLabel} value.
+// We start by including the appropriate header file.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+#include "itkLabelVotingImageFilter.h"
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+#include "otbImage.h"
+#include "otbImageFileReader.h"
+#include "otbImageFileWriter.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[])
+{
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// We will assume unsigned short type input labeled images.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ const unsigned int Dimension = 2;
+ typedef unsigned short LabelPixelType;
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+
+ LabelPixelType undecidedLabel = atoi(argv[argc - 2]);
+ const char * outfname = argv[argc - 1];
+
+ unsigned int nbParameters = 2;
+ unsigned int nbClassificationMaps = (argc - 1 - nbParameters);
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// The input labeled images to be fused are expected to be scalar images.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ typedef otb::Image<LabelPixelType, Dimension> LabelImageType;
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// The Majority Voting fusion filter \doxygen{itk}{LabelVotingImageFilter} based on ITK is templated
+// over the input and output labeled image type.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ // Majority Voting
+ typedef itk::LabelVotingImageFilter<LabelImageType, LabelImageType>
+ LabelVotingFilterType;
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// Both reader and writer are defined. Since the images
+// to classify can be very big, we will use a streamed writer which
+// will trigger the streaming ability of the fusion filter.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ typedef otb::ImageFileReader<LabelImageType> ReaderType;
+ typedef otb::ImageFileWriter<LabelImageType> WriterType;
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// The input classification maps to be fused are pushed into
+// the \doxygen{itk}{LabelVotingImageFilter}. Moreover, the
+// label value for the undecided pixels (in case of not unique
+// majority voting) is set too.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+ ReaderType::Pointer reader;
+ LabelVotingFilterType::Pointer labelVotingFilter = LabelVotingFilterType::New();
+ for (unsigned int itCM = 0; itCM < nbClassificationMaps; ++itCM)
+ {
+ std::string fileNameClassifiedImage = argv[itCM + 1];
+
+ reader = ReaderType::New();
+ reader->SetFileName(fileNameClassifiedImage);
+ reader->Update();
+
+ labelVotingFilter->SetInput(itCM, reader->GetOutput());
+ }
+
+ labelVotingFilter->SetLabelForUndecidedPixels(undecidedLabel);
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+
+
+// Software Guide : BeginLatex
+//
+// Once it is plugged the pipeline triggers its execution by updating
+// the output of the writer.
+//
+// Software Guide : EndLatex
+
+// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
+
+ WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();
+ writer->SetInput(labelVotingFilter->GetOutput());
+ writer->SetFileName(outfname);
+ writer->Update();
+// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}