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Normalized Cut Approximations

Image segmentation is an important task in computer vision and understanding. Graph Cuts have been shown to be useful in image segmentation problems. Using a criterion for segmentation optimality, they can obtain segmentation without relying heavily on a priori information regarding the specific type of object. Discussed here are a few approximations to the Normalized Cut criterion, the solving of which has been shown to be an NP-hard problem. Two Normalized Cut algorithms have been previously proposed, and a third is proposed here which accomplishes approximation by a similar method as one of the previous algorithms. It is also more efficient than either of the previously proposed Normalized Cut approximations.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uiowa.edu/oai:ir.uiowa.edu:etd-2415
Date01 May 2011
CreatorsMonroe, William Stonewall
ContributorsWu, Xiaodong, Dr.
PublisherUniversity of Iowa
Source SetsUniversity of Iowa
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typethesis
Formatapplication/pdf
SourceTheses and Dissertations
RightsCopyright 2011 William Stonewall Monroe

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