Robert J. Mullen
Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns
Mullen, Robert J.; Monekosso, Dorothy; Barman, Sarah; Remagnino, Paolo; Wilkin, Paul
Authors
Dorothy Monekosso
Sarah Barman
Paolo Remagnino
Paul Wilkin
Abstract
This paper presents preliminary results on an investigation into using artificial swarms to extract and quantify features in digital images. An ant algorithm has been developed to automatically extract the outlines and primary venation patterns from digital images of living leaf specimens via an edge detection method. A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the results is carried out herein. The artificial swarms are shown to converge onto the edges within the leaf images and statistical accuracy, as measured against ground truth images, is shown to increase in accordance with the swarm convergence. Visual results are promising, however limitations due to background noise need to be addressed for the given application. The findings in this study present potential for increased robustness in using swarm based methods, by exploiting their stigmergic behaviour to reduce the need for parameter fine-tuning with respect to individual image characteristics. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Citation
Mullen, R. J., Monekosso, D., Barman, S., Remagnino, P., & Wilkin, P. (2008). Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5217 LNCS, 251-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87527-7_24
Journal Article Type | Conference Paper |
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Conference Name | The 6th international conference on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence |
Conference Location | Brussels, Belgium |
Publication Date | Nov 26, 2008 |
Journal | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
Print ISSN | 0302-9743 |
Electronic ISSN | 1611-3349 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 5217 LNCS |
Pages | 251-258 |
ISBN | ; |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87527-7_24 |
Keywords | artificial ants, leaf outlines, primary venation patterns |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1008967 |
Additional Information | Additional Information : isbn: 978-3-540-87526-0 Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : The 6th international conference on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence |