# Water Body Identification from Satellite Images Using a Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm-Optimized U-Net Framework

## TL;DR

This paper introduces an automated framework for identifying water bodies in satellite images using a U-Net model optimized by a hybrid evolutionary algorithm.

## Contribution

The novel hybrid evolutionary optimization strategy enables fully automated segmentation without manual hyperparameter tuning.

## Key findings

- The framework achieves a Pixel Accuracy of 96.79% and an F1-Score of 94.75 on satellite image datasets.
- It outperforms mainstream models by over 10% in key metrics while addressing class imbalance automatically.

## Abstract

Accurate and automated identification of water bodies from satellite imagery is critical for environmental monitoring, water resource management, and disaster response. Current deep learning approaches, however, suffer from a strong dependence on manual hyperparameter tuning, which limits their automation capability and robustness in complex, multi-scale scenarios. To overcome this limitation, this study proposes a fully automated segmentation framework that synergistically integrates an enhanced U-Net model with a novel hybrid evolutionary optimization strategy. Extensive experiments on public Kaggle and Sentinel-2 datasets demonstrate the superior performance of our method, which achieves a Pixel Accuracy of 96.79% and an F1-Score of 94.75, outperforming various mainstream baseline models by over 10% in key metrics. The framework effectively addresses the class imbalance problem and enhances feature representation without human intervention. This work provides a viable and efficient path toward fully automated remote sensing image analysis, with significant potential for application in large-scale water resource monitoring, dynamic environmental assessment, and emergency disaster management.