A new image thresholding method is introduced, which is based on 2-D histgram and minimizing the measures of fuzziness of an input image. A new definition of fuzzy membership function is proposed, it denotes the chara...A new image thresholding method is introduced, which is based on 2-D histgram and minimizing the measures of fuzziness of an input image. A new definition of fuzzy membership function is proposed, it denotes the characteristic relationship between the gray level of each pixel and the average value of its neighborhood. When the threshold is not located at the obvious and deep valley of the histgram, genetic algorithm is devoted to the problem of selecting the appropriate threshold value. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method has good performance.展开更多
Remote sensing image segmentation is the basis of image understanding and analysis. However,the precision and the speed of segmentation can not meet the need of image analysis,due to strong uncertainty and rich textur...Remote sensing image segmentation is the basis of image understanding and analysis. However,the precision and the speed of segmentation can not meet the need of image analysis,due to strong uncertainty and rich texture details of remote sensing images. We proposed a new segmentation method based on Adaptive Genetic Algorithm(AGA) and Alternative Fuzzy C-Means(AFCM) . Segmentation thresholds were identified by AGA. Then the image was segmented by AFCM. The results indicate that the precision and the speed of segmentation have been greatly increased,and the accuracy of threshold selection is much higher compared with traditional Otsu and Fuzzy C-Means(FCM) segmentation methods. The segmentation results also show that multi-thresholds segmentation has been achieved by combining AGA with AFCM.展开更多
Round method is the common method for discrete variable optimization in optimal design of complex mechanical structures;however,it has some disadvantages such as poor precision,simple model and lacking of working cond...Round method is the common method for discrete variable optimization in optimal design of complex mechanical structures;however,it has some disadvantages such as poor precision,simple model and lacking of working conditions＇ description,etc.To solve these problems,a new model is constructed by defining parameterized fuzzy entropy,and the rationality of parameterized fuzzy entropy is verified.And a new multidirectional searching algorithm is further put forward,which takes information of actual working conditions into consideration and has a powerful local searching capability.Then this new algorithm is combined with the GA by the fuzzy clustering algorithm（FCA）.With the application of FCA,the optimal solution can be effectively filtered so as to retain the diversity and the elite of the optimal solution,and avoid the structural re-analysis phenomenon between the two algorithms.The structure design of a high pressure bypass-valve body is used as an example to make a structural optimization by the proposed HGA and finite element method（FEM）,respectively.The comparison result shows that the improved HGA fully considers the characteristic of discrete variable and information of working conditions,and is more suitable to the optimal problems with complex working conditions.Meanwhile,the research provides a new approach for discrete variable structure optimization problems.展开更多
We propose a surrogate model-assisted algorithm by using a directed fuzzy graph to extract a user’s cognition on evaluated individuals in order to alleviate user fatigue in interactive genetic algorithms with an indi...We propose a surrogate model-assisted algorithm by using a directed fuzzy graph to extract a user’s cognition on evaluated individuals in order to alleviate user fatigue in interactive genetic algorithms with an individual’s fuzzy and stochastic fitness. We firstly present an approach to construct a directed fuzzy graph of an evolutionary population according to individuals’ dominance relations, cut-set levels and interval dominance probabilities, and then calculate an individual’s crisp fitness based on the out-degree and in-degree of the fuzzy graph. The approach to obtain training data is achieved using the fuzzy entropy of the evolutionary system to guarantee the credibilities of the samples which are used to train the surrogate model. We adopt a support vector regression machine as the surrogate model and train it using the sampled individuals and their crisp fitness. Then the surrogate model is optimized using the traditional genetic algorithm for some generations, and some good individuals are submitted to the user for the subsequent evolutions so as to guide and accelerate the evolution. Finally, we quantitatively analyze the performance of the presented algorithm in alleviating user fatigue and increasing more opportunities to find the satisfactory individuals, and also apply our algorithm to a fashion evolutionary design system to demonstrate its efficiency.展开更多
Segmenting the Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Breast Magnetic Resonance Images(DCE-BMRI)is an extremely important task to diagnose the disease because it has the highest specificity when acquired with high temporal and spa...Segmenting the Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Breast Magnetic Resonance Images(DCE-BMRI)is an extremely important task to diagnose the disease because it has the highest specificity when acquired with high temporal and spatial resolution and is also corrupted by heavy noise,outliers,and other imaging artifacts.In this paper,we intend to develop efficient robust segmentation algorithms based on fuzzy clustering approach for segmenting the DCE-BMRs.Our proposed segmentation algorithms have been amalgamated with effective kernel-induced distance measure on standard fuzzy c-means algorithm along with the spatial neighborhood information,entropy term,and tolerance vector into a fuzzy clustering structure for segmenting the DCE-BMRI.The significant feature of our proposed algorithms is its capability tofind the optimal membership grades and obtain effective cluster centers automatically by minimizing the proposed robust objective functions.Also,this article demonstrates the superiority of the proposed algorithms for segmenting DCE-BMRI in comparison with other recent kernel-based fuzzy c-means techniques.Finally the clustering accuracies of the proposed algorithms are validated by using silhouette method in comparison with existed fuzzy clustering algorithms.展开更多
基金This project was supported by Science and Technology Research Emphasis Fund of Ministry of Education(204010) .
文摘A new image thresholding method is introduced, which is based on 2-D histgram and minimizing the measures of fuzziness of an input image. A new definition of fuzzy membership function is proposed, it denotes the characteristic relationship between the gray level of each pixel and the average value of its neighborhood. When the threshold is not located at the obvious and deep valley of the histgram, genetic algorithm is devoted to the problem of selecting the appropriate threshold value. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method has good performance.
基金Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30370267)Key Project of Jilin Provincial Science & Technology Department (No. 20075014)
文摘Remote sensing image segmentation is the basis of image understanding and analysis. However,the precision and the speed of segmentation can not meet the need of image analysis,due to strong uncertainty and rich texture details of remote sensing images. We proposed a new segmentation method based on Adaptive Genetic Algorithm(AGA) and Alternative Fuzzy C-Means(AFCM) . Segmentation thresholds were identified by AGA. Then the image was segmented by AFCM. The results indicate that the precision and the speed of segmentation have been greatly increased,and the accuracy of threshold selection is much higher compared with traditional Otsu and Fuzzy C-Means(FCM) segmentation methods. The segmentation results also show that multi-thresholds segmentation has been achieved by combining AGA with AFCM.
基金supported by Key Program for International S&T Cooperation Projects of China (Grant No. 2009DFA71860)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Heilongjiang Provincial University of China(Grant No. 1153-NCET-005)
文摘Round method is the common method for discrete variable optimization in optimal design of complex mechanical structures;however,it has some disadvantages such as poor precision,simple model and lacking of working conditions＇ description,etc.To solve these problems,a new model is constructed by defining parameterized fuzzy entropy,and the rationality of parameterized fuzzy entropy is verified.And a new multidirectional searching algorithm is further put forward,which takes information of actual working conditions into consideration and has a powerful local searching capability.Then this new algorithm is combined with the GA by the fuzzy clustering algorithm（FCA）.With the application of FCA,the optimal solution can be effectively filtered so as to retain the diversity and the elite of the optimal solution,and avoid the structural re-analysis phenomenon between the two algorithms.The structure design of a high pressure bypass-valve body is used as an example to make a structural optimization by the proposed HGA and finite element method（FEM）,respectively.The comparison result shows that the improved HGA fully considers the characteristic of discrete variable and information of working conditions,and is more suitable to the optimal problems with complex working conditions.Meanwhile,the research provides a new approach for discrete variable structure optimization problems.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.60775044)the Program for New Century Excellent Talentsin University (No.NCET-07-0802)
文摘We propose a surrogate model-assisted algorithm by using a directed fuzzy graph to extract a user’s cognition on evaluated individuals in order to alleviate user fatigue in interactive genetic algorithms with an individual’s fuzzy and stochastic fitness. We firstly present an approach to construct a directed fuzzy graph of an evolutionary population according to individuals’ dominance relations, cut-set levels and interval dominance probabilities, and then calculate an individual’s crisp fitness based on the out-degree and in-degree of the fuzzy graph. The approach to obtain training data is achieved using the fuzzy entropy of the evolutionary system to guarantee the credibilities of the samples which are used to train the surrogate model. We adopt a support vector regression machine as the surrogate model and train it using the sampled individuals and their crisp fitness. Then the surrogate model is optimized using the traditional genetic algorithm for some generations, and some good individuals are submitted to the user for the subsequent evolutions so as to guide and accelerate the evolution. Finally, we quantitatively analyze the performance of the presented algorithm in alleviating user fatigue and increasing more opportunities to find the satisfactory individuals, and also apply our algorithm to a fashion evolutionary design system to demonstrate its efficiency.
基金This work was supported by DG CSIR(Ref.No.:39-35/2010(SR)),India.
文摘Segmenting the Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Breast Magnetic Resonance Images(DCE-BMRI)is an extremely important task to diagnose the disease because it has the highest specificity when acquired with high temporal and spatial resolution and is also corrupted by heavy noise,outliers,and other imaging artifacts.In this paper,we intend to develop efficient robust segmentation algorithms based on fuzzy clustering approach for segmenting the DCE-BMRs.Our proposed segmentation algorithms have been amalgamated with effective kernel-induced distance measure on standard fuzzy c-means algorithm along with the spatial neighborhood information,entropy term,and tolerance vector into a fuzzy clustering structure for segmenting the DCE-BMRI.The significant feature of our proposed algorithms is its capability tofind the optimal membership grades and obtain effective cluster centers automatically by minimizing the proposed robust objective functions.Also,this article demonstrates the superiority of the proposed algorithms for segmenting DCE-BMRI in comparison with other recent kernel-based fuzzy c-means techniques.Finally the clustering accuracies of the proposed algorithms are validated by using silhouette method in comparison with existed fuzzy clustering algorithms.
