An automatic fuzzy clustering segmentation algorithm with aid of set partitioning

Yanling Li, Zhiwei Gao, Xiaoxu Liu

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    Abstract

    As one of the most popular methods for image segmentation, fuzzy C-means algorithm suffers two unavoidable initialization difficulties including obtaining initial cluster centroids and deciding cluster number, which affect the algorithm performance. Motivated by the above, an automatic fuzzy clustering algorithm is proposed in this paper, where observation matrix, judgment matrix and set partitioning are used to select appropriate clustering number automatically. Experimental results show that automatic fuzzy clustering algorithm not only can spontaneously estimate the appropriate number of clusters but also can achieve better segmentation quality.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - 2017 IEEE 15th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2017
    PublisherIEEE
    Pages647-652
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Electronic)9781538608371
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Nov 2017
    Event15th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2017 - Emden, Germany
    Duration: 24 Jul 201726 Jul 2017

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - 2017 IEEE 15th International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2017

    Conference

    Conference15th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, INDIN 2017
    Country/TerritoryGermany
    CityEmden
    Period24/07/1726/07/17

    Keywords

    • Fuzzy clustering
    • image segmentation
    • observation matrix
    • set partitioning

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