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Scene Interpretation using Semantic Nets and Evolutionary Computation

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The fitness function used in a GA must be measurable over the representation of the solution by means of a computable function. Often, the fitness is an estimation of the nearness to an ideal solution or the distance from a default solution. In image scene interpretation, the solution takes the form of a set of labels corresponding to the components of an image and its fitness is difficult to conceptualize in terms of distance from a default or nearness to an ideal. Here we describe a model in which a semantic net is used to capture the salient properties of an ideal labeling. Instantiating the nodes of the semantic net with the labels from a candidate solution (a chromosome) provides a basis for estimating a logical distance from a norm. This domain-independent model can be applied to a broad range of scene-based image analysis tasks.

This work was supported in part by a grant from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, #NAG5-8570 and in part by DoD EPSCoR and the State of Louisiana under grant F49620-98-1-0351.

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Prabhu, D., Buckles, B.P., Petry, F.E. (2000). Scene Interpretation using Semantic Nets and Evolutionary Computation. In: Cagnoni, S. (eds) Real-World Applications of Evolutionary Computing. EvoWorkshops 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1803. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45561-2_4

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