Multiple random walkers and their application to image cosegmentation

Chulwoo Lee, Won Dong Jang, Jae Young Sim, Chang-Su Kim

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Abstract

A graph-based system to simulate the movements and interactions of multiple random walkers (MRW) is proposed in this work. In the MRW system, multiple agents traverse a single graph simultaneously. To achieve desired interactions among those agents, a restart rule can be designed, which determines the restart distribution of each agent according to the probability distributions of all agents. In particular, we develop the repulsive rule for data clustering. We illustrate that the MRW clustering can segment real images reliably. Furthermore, we propose a novel image cosegmentation algorithm based on the MRW clustering. Specifically, the proposed algorithm consists of two steps: inter-image concurrence computation and intra-image MRW clustering. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm provides promising cosegmentation performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2015
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages3837-3845
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781467369640
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Oct 14
EventIEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2015 - Boston, United States
Duration: 2015 Jun 72015 Jun 12

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Volume07-12-June-2015
ISSN (Print)1063-6919

Other

OtherIEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period15/6/715/6/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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