Training inter-related classifiers for automatic image classification and annotation
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A structural learning algorithm is developed in this paper to achieve more effective training of large numbers of inter-related classifiers for supporting large-scale image classification and annotation. A visual concept network is constructed for characterizing the inter-concept visual correlations intuitively and determining the inter-related learning tasks automatically in the visual feature space rather than in the label space. By partitioning large numbers of object classes and image concepts into a set of groups according to their inter-concept visual correlations, the object classes and image concepts in the same group will share similar visual properties and their classifiers are strongly inter-related while the object classes and image concepts in different groups will contain various visual properties and their classifiers can be trained independently. By leveraging the inter-concept visual correlations for inter-related classifier training, our structural learning algorithm can train the inter-related classifiers jointly rather than independently, which can enhance their discrimination power significantly. Our experiments have also provided very positive results on large-scale image classification and annotation.
论文关键词:Inter-related classifier training,Large-scale image classification,Structural learning,Visual concept network
论文评审过程:Received 18 June 2012, Revised 26 October 2012, Accepted 30 October 2012, Available online 16 November 2012.
论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2012.10.029