Unsupervised graph-based rank aggregation for improved retrieval

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Highlights:

• A robust unsupervised graph-based rank aggregation function is presented.

• It is targeted for general applicability, such as image, textual, or multimodal retrieval tasks.

• A fusion graph is proposed to gather information and inter-relationship of multiple retrieval results.

• A novel similarity retrieval score is formulated using fusion graphs and minimum common subgraphs.

• The Extensive experimental protocol shows significant gains over state-of-the-art basseline methods.

摘要

•A robust unsupervised graph-based rank aggregation function is presented.•It is targeted for general applicability, such as image, textual, or multimodal retrieval tasks.•A fusion graph is proposed to gather information and inter-relationship of multiple retrieval results.•A novel similarity retrieval score is formulated using fusion graphs and minimum common subgraphs.•The Extensive experimental protocol shows significant gains over state-of-the-art basseline methods.

论文关键词:Rank aggregation,Content-based retrieval,Multimodal retreival,Graph-based fusion

论文评审过程:Received 17 September 2018, Revised 6 February 2019, Accepted 18 March 2019, Available online 21 March 2019, Version of Record 21 March 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2019.03.008