Perceptual tolerance neighborhood-based similarity in content-based image retrieval and classification

Amir H. Meghdadi; James F. Peters

doi:10.1108/17563781211231525

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International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics

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Perceptual tolerance neighborhood-based similarity in content-based image retrieval and classification

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Title:	Perceptual tolerance neighborhood-based similarity in content-based image retrieval and classification
Author(s):	Amir H. Meghdadi, (Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada), James F. Peters, (Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and School of Mathematics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India)
Citation:	Amir H. Meghdadi, James F. Peters, (2012) "Perceptual tolerance neighborhood-based similarity in content-based image retrieval and classification", International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics, Vol. 5 Iss: 2, pp.164 - 185
Keywords:	Content-based image retrieval (CBIR), Distance measurement, Image similarity, Measurement, Nearness measure, Perceptual tolerance neighbourhoods, Tolerance spaces, Tolerances
Article type:	Research paper
DOI:	10.1108/17563781211231525 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Acknowledgements:	The authors would like to thank P. Wasilewski, A. Skowron, S. Tiwari, S.A. Naimpally, C.J. Henry, S. Ramanna and the anonymous reviewers for their insights and suggestions concerning topics in this paper. This research has been supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada grant 185986.
Abstract:	Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the effectiveness and advantages of using perceptual tolerance neighbourhoods in tolerance space-based image similarity measures and its application in content-based image classification and retrieval. Design/methodology/approach – The proposed method in this paper is based on a set-theoretic approach, where an image is viewed as a set of local visual elements. The method also includes a tolerance relation that detects the similarity between pairs of elements, if the difference between corresponding feature vectors is less than a threshold 2 (0,1). Findings – It is shown that tolerance space-based methods can be successfully used in a complete content-based image retrieval (CBIR) system. Also, it is shown that perceptual tolerance neighbourhoods can replace tolerance classes in CBIR, resulting in more accuracy and less computations. Originality/value – The main contribution of this paper is the introduction of perceptual tolerance neighbourhoods instead of tolerance classes in a new form of the Henry-Peters tolerance-based nearness measure (tNM) and a new neighbourhood-based tolerance-covering nearness measure (tcNM). Moreover, this paper presents a side – by – side comparison of the tolerance space based methods with other published methods on a test dataset of images.