Optimal multilevel thresholding using bacterial foraging algorithm

PD Sathya, R Kayalvizhi - Expert Systems with Applications, 2011 - Elsevier
The conventional multilevel thresholding methods are efficient for bi-level thresholding.
However, they are computationally expensive extending to multilevel thresholding since …

Symbiotic organisms search algorithm for multilevel thresholding of images

B Küçükuğurlu, E Gedikli - Expert Systems with Applications, 2020 - Elsevier
Thresholding is a frequently used method in image processing because of its consistency
and low computational cost. Otsu's and Kapur's methods are two important techniques that …

A new heuristic for multilevel thresholding of images

VK Bohat, KV Arya - Expert Systems with Applications, 2019 - Elsevier
Multilevel thresholding of images helps in separating the interesting objects from their
background. The quality of separation depends much on the selected threshold values. This …

A fast scheme for multilevel thresholding based on a modified bees algorithm

WA Hussein, S Sahran, SNHS Abdullah - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2016 - Elsevier
Image segmentation is one of the most important tasks in image processing and pattern
recognition. One of the most efficient and popular techniques for image segmentation is …

Multi-level image thresholding using Otsu and chaotic bat algorithm

SC Satapathy, N Sri Madhava Raja… - Neural Computing and …, 2018 - Springer
Multi-level thresholding is a helpful tool for several image segmentation applications.
Evaluating the optimal thresholds can be applied using a widely adopted extensive scheme …

A study on particle swarm optimization and artificial bee colony algorithms for multilevel thresholding

B Akay - Applied Soft Computing, 2013 - Elsevier
Segmentation is a critical task in image processing. Bi-level segmentation involves dividing
the whole image into partitions based on a threshold value, whereas multilevel …

Image segmentation using multilevel thresholding based on modified bird mating optimization

M Ahmadi, K Kazemi, A Aarabi, T Niknam… - Multimedia Tools and …, 2019 - Springer
Multilevel thresholding using Otsu or Kapur methods is widely used in the context of image
segmentation. These methods select optimal thresholds in gray level images by maximizing …

Improved bat algorithm applied to multilevel image thresholding

A Alihodzic, M Tuba - The Scientific World Journal, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Multilevel image thresholding is a very important image processing technique that is used as
a basis for image segmentation and further higher level processing. However, the required …

An efficient method for multilevel color image thresholding using cuckoo search algorithm based on minimum cross entropy

S Pare, A Kumar, V Bajaj, GK Singh - Applied Soft Computing, 2017 - Elsevier
Among various thresholding methods, minimum cross entropy is implemented for its
effectiveness and simplicity. Although it is efficient and gives excellent result in case of bi …

Multilevel thresholding using grey wolf optimizer for image segmentation

AKM Khairuzzaman, S Chaudhury - Expert Systems with Applications, 2017 - Elsevier
Multilevel thresholding is one of the most important areas in the field of image segmentation.
However, the computational complexity of multilevel thresholding increases exponentially …