Incorporating multiple SVMs for automatic image annotation

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 728-741

  Qi, Xiaojun ^a   Han, Yutao ^a  

^a Utah State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Color histogram; Edge histogram descriptors; Image annotation; Image sub blocking; Multiple instance learning; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EDGE DETECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

COLOR HISTOGRAM; EDGE HISTOGRAM DESCRIPTORS; IMAGE ANNOTATION; MULTIPLE INSTANCE LEARNING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750284913     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2006.04.042     Document Type: Article

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