A differential evolution based approach for multilevel image segmentation using minimum cross entropy thresholding

S Sarkar, GR Patra, S Das - … , Andhra Pradesh, India, December 19-21 …, 2011 - Springer
Image entropy thresholding is one of the most widely used technique for multilevel
thresholding. The endeavor of this paper is to focus on obtaining the optimal threshold …

Modified artificial bee colony based computationally efficient multilevel thresholding for satellite image segmentation using Kapur's, Otsu and Tsallis functions

AK Bhandari, A Kumar, GK Singh - Expert systems with applications, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, a modified artificial bee colony (MABC) algorithm based satellite image
segmentation using different objective function has been presented to find the optimal …

An efficient method to minimize cross-entropy for selecting multi-level threshold values using an improved human mental search algorithm

L Esmaeili, SJ Mousavirad, A Shahidinejad - Expert Systems with …, 2021 - Elsevier
The minimum cross-entropy (MCIT) is introduced as a multi-level image thresholding
approach, but it suffers from time complexity, in particular, when the number of thresholds is …

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 …

A competitive chain-based Harris Hawks Optimizer for global optimization and multi-level image thresholding problems

M Abd Elaziz, AA Heidari, H Fujita, H Moayedi - Applied Soft Computing, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents an enhanced Harris Hawks Optimizer (HHO) to tackle global
optimization and determine the optimal threshold values for multi-level image segmentation …

An opposition equilibrium optimizer for context-sensitive entropy dependency based multilevel thresholding of remote sensing images

MK Naik, R Panda, A Abraham - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2021 - Elsevier
Earlier 1D histogram-based entropic methods for multilevel image thresholding suffer from
the lack of contextual information. Subsequently, the idea was extended for 2D histogram …

Fractional differentiation and non-Pareto multiobjective optimization for image thresholding

A Nakib, H Oulhadj, P Siarry - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2009 - Elsevier
Various techniques have previously been proposed for single-stage thresholding of images
to separate objects from the background. Although these global or local thresholding …

Improving a firefly meta-heuristic for multilevel image segmentation using Tsallis entropy

PS Rodrigues, GA Wachs-Lopes, HR Erdmann… - Pattern Analysis and …, 2017 - Springer
In this paper we show that the non-extensive Tsallis entropy, when used as kernel in the bio-
inspired firefly algorithm for multi-thresholding in image segmentation, is more efficient than …

Population-based self-adaptive Generalised Masi Entropy for image segmentation: A novel representation

SJ Mousavirad, D Oliva, RK Chakrabortty… - Knowledge-Based …, 2022 - Elsevier
Image segmentation is an indispensable part of computer vision applications, and image
thresholding is a popular one due to its simplicity and robustness. Generalised Masi entropy …

Optimal multilevel thresholds based on Tsallis entropy method using golden ratio particle swarm optimization for improved image segmentation

K Manikantan, BV Arun, DKS Yaradoni - Procedia Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel method of Particle Swarm Optimization, called Golden Ratio
Particle Swarm Optimization (GRPSO), based on Golden Ratio found in nature. GRPSO is …