Genetic Learning for Adaptive Image Segmentation
Authors: Bhanu, Bir, Sungkee Lee
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Image segmentation is generally the first task in any automated image understanding application, such as autonomous vehicle navigation, object recognition, photointerpretation, etc. All subsequent tasks, such as feature extraction, object detection, and object recognition, rely heavily on the quality of segmentation. One of the fundamental weaknesses of current image segmentation algorithms is their inability to adapt the segmentation process as real-world changes are reflected in the image. Only after numerous modifications to an algorithm's control parameters can any current image segmentation technique be used to handle the diversity of images encountered in real-world applications.
Genetic Learning for Adaptive Image Segmentation presents the first closed-loop image segmentation system that incorporates genetic and other algorithms to adapt the segmentation process to changes in image characteristics caused by variable environmental conditions, such as time of day, time of year, weather, etc. Image segmentation performance is evaluated using multiple measures of segmentation quality. These quality measures include global characteristics of the entire image as well as local features of individual object regions in the image.
This adaptive image segmentation system provides continuous adaptation to normal environmental variations, exhibits learning capabilities, and provides robust performance when interacting with a dynamic environment. This research is directed towards adapting the performance of a well known existing segmentation algorithm (Phoenix) across a wide variety of environmental conditions which cause changes in the image characteristics. The book presents a large number of experimental results and compares performance with standard techniques used in computer vision for both consistency and quality of segmentation results. These results demonstrate, (a) the ability to adapt the segmentation performance in both indoor and outdoor color imagery, and (b) that learning from experience can be used to improve the segmentation performance over time.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-13
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Image segmentation Techniques
Pages 15-24
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Segmentation as an Optimization Problem
Pages 25-38
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Baseline Adaptive Image Segmentation Using a Genetic Algorithm
Pages 39-59
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Basic Experimental Results – Indoor Imagery
Pages 61-108
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Genetic Learning for Adaptive Image Segmentation
- Authors
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- Bir Bhanu
- Sungkee Lee
- Series Title
- The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
- Series Volume
- 287
- Copyright
- 1994
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4615-2774-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4615-2774-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-7923-9491-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4613-6198-5
- Series ISSN
- 0893-3405
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 271
- Topics
