Image segmentation with a fuzzy clustering algorithm based on Ant-Tree

Signal Processing

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2453-2462

  Yang, Xiaochun ^a   Zhao, Weidong ^a   Chen, Yufei ^a   Fang, Xin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ant tree algorithm; Center approximation; Image segmentation; Three level tree

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ANT-TREE ALGORITHM; CENTER APPROXIMATION; CLUSTERING APPROACH; CLUSTERING PROCESS; INITIALIZATION METHODS; SELF-ASSEMBLING; THREE-LEVEL TREE; TREE STRUCTURES;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 54949147246     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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