A multi-level thresholding approach using a hybrid optimal estimation algorithm

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 662-669

  Fan, Shu Kai S ^a   Lin, Yen ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Expectation maximization (EM); Mixture Gaussian curve fitting; Multi level thresholding; Particle swarm optimization (PSO)

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION (EM); MIXTURE GAUSSIAN CURVE FITTING; MULTI LEVEL THRESHOLDING; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33846042697     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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