This paper presents an image matching evolutionary algorithm (called IMEA algorithm) based on Hu invariant moments. First, the population is initialized. A group of searched subgraphs is constructed. Second, the f...
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(纸本)9781612848792
This paper presents an image matching evolutionary algorithm (called IMEA algorithm) based on Hu invariant moments. First, the population is initialized. A group of searched subgraphs is constructed. Second, the fitness function based on Hu invariant moments is designed. The seven Hu invariant moments of the template image and the searched subgraph are calculated. The Euclidean distance of Hu invariant moments is used to measure similarity between the template image and the searched subgraph. The template image and the searched subgraph are matched if these Euclidean distances are less than the set threshold. Finally, a new searched subgraph is constructed by means of a new evolutionary strategy. The new searched subgraph replaces the searched subgraph whose value of the fitness function is maximum. Experimental results demonstrate the great robustness and efficiency of the IMEA algorithm.
Density estimation via Gaussian mixture modeling has been successfully applied to image segmentation, speech processing and other fields relevant to clustering analysis and Probability density function (PDF) modeling....
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Density estimation via Gaussian mixture modeling has been successfully applied to image segmentation, speech processing and other fields relevant to clustering analysis and Probability density function (PDF) modeling. Finite Gaussian mixture model is usually used in practice and the selection of number of mixture components is a significant problem in its application. For example, in image segmentation, it is the donation of the number of segmentation regions. The determination of the optimal model order therefore is a problem that achieves widely attention. This paper proposes a degenerating model algorithm that could simultaneously select the optimal number of mixture components and estimate the parameters for Gaussian mixture model. Unlike traditional model order selection method, it does not need to select the optimal number of components from a set of candidate models. Based on the investigation on the property of the elliptically contoured distributions of generalized multivariate analysis, it select the correct model order in a different way that needs less operation times and less sensitive to the initial value of EM. The experimental results show the effectiveness of the algorithm.
Character recognition plays an important role in the automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) system. In this paper, we propose a new method to recognize the license plates characters by using 2D Gaussian-Hermite mo...
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(纸本)9781424463886;9780769539874
Character recognition plays an important role in the automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) system. In this paper, we propose a new method to recognize the license plates characters by using 2D Gaussian-Hermite moments (GHMs) of different orders with 231 GHMs features as the input vector of BP neural network. The system worked under variable illumination, variable size of plate and dynamic backgrounds. The experimental results demonstrate robust and efficient of our method.
Model order selection and parameter estimation for Gaussian mixture model (GMM) are important issues for clustering analysis and density estimation. Most methods for model selection usually add a penalty term in the o...
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Model order selection and parameter estimation for Gaussian mixture model (GMM) are important issues for clustering analysis and density estimation. Most methods for model selection usually add a penalty term in the objective function that can penalize the models and choose an optimal one from a set of candidate models. This paper presents a simple and novel approach to determine the number of components and simultaneously estimate the parameters for GMM. By introducing the degenerating model, the proposed approach overcomes the drawback of likelihood estimate that is a non-decreasing function and can not be used to select the number of components. The degenerating model is a more general form of mixture component density and it can degenerate into the component density or a crater-like density when its parameter K varies from 1 to a bigger value. The likelihood of the crater-like density evaluated for the training data approximates to zero. This characteristic of the degenerating model forms the foundation of the proposed approach. The experimental results show robust and evident performance improvement of the approach.
Fuzzy time series forecasting model is an effective method to solve the nonlinear problems forecasting. However, most published fuzzy time series based models did not count the change trend implicit in historical datu...
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Fuzzy time series forecasting model is an effective method to solve the nonlinear problems forecasting. However, most published fuzzy time series based models did not count the change trend implicit in historical datum. In this paper, authors proposed a novel method which applied heuristic information to the fuzzy time series model based on Fibonacci sequence. As an example, the USD/JPY exchange rate is tested in this model. The results show that this method not only improves the forecasting accuracy, but decreases the computational complexity.
Short-term forecasting of travel time is essential for the success of intelligent transportation system. In this paper, we review the state-of-art of short-term traffic forecasting models and outline their basic ideas...
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Short-term forecasting of travel time is essential for the success of intelligent transportation system. In this paper, we review the state-of-art of short-term traffic forecasting models and outline their basic ideas, related works, advantages and disadvantages of each model. An improved adaptive exponential smoothing (IAES) model is also proposed to overcome the drawbacks of the previous adaptive exponential smoothing model. Then, comparing experiments are carried out under normal traffic condition and abnormal traffic condition to evaluate the performance of four main branches of forecasting models on direct travel time data obtained by license plate matching (LPM). The results of experiments show each model seems to have its own strength and weakness. The forecasting performance of IASE is superior to other models in shorter forecasting horizon (one and two step forecasting) and the IASE is capable of dealing with all kind of traffic conditions.
Software fault tolerance technique is used to ensure high reliability. In order to evaluate the quality of fault-tolerant systems, expected execution time and cost must be considered. A new evaluation strategy is prop...
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Software fault tolerance technique is used to ensure high reliability. In order to evaluate the quality of fault-tolerant systems, expected execution time and cost must be considered. A new evaluation strategy is proposed to evaluate, evaluating the system with three groups of quality factors, which is the capability, the time and the cost. By using them, the system's integrative quality factor can be calculated. When applying this strategy, we compare the quality of software systems which is consist of different fault-tolerant components. The results can be used to improve fault-tolerant system. To achieve the required optimal result, several optimization schemes are given to meet different project demands.
Due to the complexity and non-regularity of tree shapes, traditional digital photogrammetry using stereo matching method is difficult to obtain the accurate tree height, This fact therefore limits the application of t...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0819460079
Due to the complexity and non-regularity of tree shapes, traditional digital photogrammetry using stereo matching method is difficult to obtain the accurate tree height, This fact therefore limits the application of the aerial digital photogrammetry technology in the power line survey. This paper presents a method of tree height extraction from large viewing aerial image using the knowledge of segmented tree crown. This method is based on a rough digital surface model (DSM) of tree crowns and the exterior orientation of the image. The basic steps of this method is that the DSM is first used to find the region of interest in the image based on the exterior orientation, and then the edges of the distinct trees or branches are extracted using image segmentation technology. An algorithm that uses both the rough DSM height information and exterior orientation data to calculate the accurate heights of the segmented trees or branches is presented. The algorithm assumes that most of the trees are upright, and the projection in the large viewing angle images of the crown and branches can therefore be used to calculate their heights relative to the averaged DSM height. Hence, the accurate height of the trees around the rough DSM can be refined. Some experimental results are given with the image captured from multi-angular imaging system mounted on a helicopter in which a Position and Orientation system (POS) is onboard to record the exterior element of the cameras. The experimental results demonstrated that this algorithm can largely improve the accuracy of tree height extraction. The application in power line monitoring system is promising.
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