The channeler ant model: Object segmentation with virtual ant colonies

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3147-3152

  Cerello, Piergiorgio ^a   Cheran, Sorin Christian ^b   Bagagli, Francesco ^c   Bagnasco, Stefano ^a   Bellotti, Roberto ^d   Bolanos, Lourdes ^b   Catanzariti, Ezio ^e   Nunzio, Giorgio De ^f   Fiorina, Elisa ^b   Gargano, Gianfranco ^a   Gemme, Gianluca ^g   Torres, Ernesto Lopez ^a   Masala, Gian Luca ^h   Peroni, Cristiana ^b   Santoro, Matteo ⁱ  

^a SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^h SEZIONE DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D ENVIRONMENTS; 3D OBJECT; 3D STRUCTURES; ANT COLONIES; ANT MODEL; ARTIFICIAL LIFE MODELS; EMERGENT BEHAVIOURS; IMAGE INTENSITIES; NOISE RANGE; NOISY ENVIRONMENT; OBJECT SEGMENTATION; SELF-ORGANIZATION; VIRTUAL ANT COLONY;

COMPUTER VISION; MODEL STRUCTURES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 67649220581     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4775019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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