Fix SAVI formula: (1+L) was in denominator instead of numerator (#1094)#1095
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SAVI: The (1+L) factor was in the denominator instead of the numerator. The standard formula (Huete 1988) is ((NIR-Red)/(NIR+Red+L))*(1+L). The code computed (NIR-Red)/((NIR+Red+L)*(1+L)), making all results too small by (1+L)^2 = 2.25 with default L=0.5. EBBI GPU: Changed nb.int64(10) to 10.0 to match CPU path's type behavior.
SAVI had (1+L) in the denominator instead of the numerator. The Huete (1988) formula is ((NIR-Red)/(NIR+Red+L))*(1+L). The code computed (NIR-Red)/((NIR+Red+L)*(1+L)), making results too small by (1+L)^2. Updated the qgis_savi fixture and uint dtype fixture with correct reference values. Added test_savi_formula_1094 which checks all 4 backends against the formula directly. Also fixed EBBI GPU: nb.int64(10) -> 10.0 for type consistency.
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Summary
Fixes #1094. The SAVI formula (Huete 1988) had
(1+L)on the wrong side of the division.Correct:
((NIR - Red) / (NIR + Red + L)) * (1 + L)Was:
(NIR - Red) / ((NIR + Red + L) * (1 + L))With the default
L=0.5, every SAVI result was too small by a factor of(1+L)^2 = 2.25. Both_savi_cpuand_savi_gpuhad the same error.Also fixed a minor type inconsistency in the EBBI GPU kernel (
nb.int64(10)->10.0).Test plan
qgis_savifixture with correct reference values (4x larger with L=1)data_uint_dtype_savifixture with correct valuestest_savi_formula_1094: spot-checks the formula on all 4 backends with hand-computed values (NIR=0.8, Red=0.2, L=0.5 should give 0.6)test_multispectral.pysuite: 147 passed