Image vector quantization algorithm via honey bee mating optimization

The vector quantization (VQ) was a powerful technique in the applications of digital image compression. The traditionally widely used method such as the Linde–Buzo–Gray (LBG) algorithm always generated local optimal codebook. Recently, particle swarm optimization (PSO) is adapted to obtain the near-global optimal codebook of vector quantization. An alternative method, called the quantum particle swarm optimization (QPSO) had been developed to improve the results of original PSO algorithm. In this paper, we applied a new swarm algorithm, honey bee mating optimization, to construct the codebook of vector quantization. The results were compared with the other three methods that are LBG, PSO–LBG and QPSO–LBG algorithms. Experimental results showed that the proposed HBMO–LBG algorithm is more reliable and the reconstructed images get higher quality than those generated from the other three methods.     

HEURISTIC PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION LEARNING-BASED IMAGE COMPRESSION SYSTEM

Traditional LBG algorithm is a pure iterative optimization procedure to achieve the vector quantization (VQ) codebook, where an initial codebook is continually refined at every iteration to reduce the distortion between code-vectors and a given training data set. However, such interactive type learning algorithms will easily direct final results converging toward the local optimization while the high quality of the initial codebook is not available. In this article, an efficient heuristic-based learning method, called novel particle swarm optimization (NPSO), is proposed to design the proper codebook of VQ scheme that can develop the image compression system. To improve the performance of the basic PSO, the centroid updating machine applies the one step-size gradient descent learning step in the heuristic learning procedure. Additionally, the presented NPSO with advantages of the centroid updating machine is proposed to quickly achieve the near-optimal reconstructive image. For demonstrating the proposed NPSO learning scheme, the image with several horizontal grey bars is first applied to present the efficiency of the NPSO learning mechanism. LBG and NPSO learning methods are also applied to test the reconstructing performance in several type images “Lena,” “Airplane,” “Cameraman”, and “peppers.” In our experiments, the NPSO learning algorithm provides the higher performance than conventional LBG methods in the application of building image compression system.     

An evolutionary lion optimization algorithm‐based image compression technique for biomedical applications

Recently, medical image compression becomes essential to effectively handle large amounts of medical data for storage and communication purposes. Vector quantization (VQ) is a popular image compression technique, and the commonly used VQ model is Linde–Buzo–Gray (LBG) that constructs a local optimal codebook to compress images. The codebook construction was considered as an optimization problem, and a bioinspired algorithm was employed to solve it. This article proposed a VQ codebook construction approach called the L2‐LBG method utilizing the Lion optimization algorithm (LOA) and Lempel Ziv Markov chain Algorithm (LZMA). Once LOA constructed the codebook, LZMA was applied to compress the index table and further increase the compression performance of the LOA. A set of experimentation has been carried out using the benchmark medical images, and a comparative analysis was conducted with Cuckoo Search‐based LBG (CS‐LBG), Firefly‐based LBG (FF‐LBG) and JPEG2000. The compression efficiency of the presented model was validated in terms of compression ratio (CR), compression factor (CF), bit rate, and peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR). The proposed L2‐LBG method obtained a higher CR of 0.3425375 and PSNR value of 52.62459 compared to CS‐LBG, FA‐LBG, and JPEG2000 methods. The experimental values revealed that the L2‐LBG process yielded effective compression performance with a better‐quality reconstructed image.     

一种基于小波变换的图像压缩方法

提出一种基于小波变换的灰度图像数据压缩编码方法,基本思路是利用小波变换实现图像的多分辨分解,用矢量量化（ＶＱ）对分解后的图像进行编码,在矢量量化ＬＢＧ算法的初始码书的选取中根据矢量中各分量的特性提出一种改进的随机选取法,避免了可能的胞腔不均现象,提高了码书的质量,而且重构的图像质量也有所提高。     

A particle swarm optimization based simultaneous learning framework for clustering and classification

A particle swarm optimization based simultaneous learning framework for clustering and classification (PSOSLCC) is proposed in this paper. Firstly, an improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) is used to partition the training samples, the number of clusters must be given in advance, an automatic clustering algorithm rather than the trial and error is adopted to find the proper number of clusters, and a set of clustering centers is obtained to form classification mechanism. Secondly, in order to exploit more useful local information and get a better optimizing result, a global factor is introduced to the update strategy update strategy of particle in PSO. PSOSLCC has been extensively compared with fuzzy relational classifier (FRC), vector quantization and learning vector quantization (VQ+LVQ3), and radial basis function neural network (RBFNN), a simultaneous learning framework for clustering and classification (SCC) over several real-life datasets, the experimental results indicate that the proposed algorithm not only greatly reduces the time complexity, but also obtains better classification accuracy for most datasets used in this paper. Moreover, PSOSLCC is applied to a real world application, namely texture image segmentation with a good performance obtained, which shows that the proposed algorithm has a potential of classifying the problems with large scale.     

人工蜂群算法改进DHMM的语音识别方法

针对离散隐马尔可夫(Discrete Hidden Markov Model,DHMM)语音识别系统中LBG算法对初始码书的依赖性和易陷入局部最优解的问题,采用人工蜂群(Artificial Bee Colony,ABC)算法对语音特征参数进行矢量量化,从而得到最优码书,提出了ABC改进DHMM的孤立词语音识别方法。先提取语音信号的特征参数,然后用ABC算法中每个食物源表示一个码书,以人工蜂群进化的方式对初始码书进行迭代而获得最优码书,最后把最优码书的码矢标号代入DHMM模型进行训练和识别。实验结果表明,ABC改进的DHMM语音识别方法与传统的LBG及粒子群优化初始码书的LBG的DHMM语音识别方法相比具有较高的识别率和较好的鲁棒性。     

基于Hopfield神经网络的图像矢量量化

矢量量化是图像压缩的重要方法。论文提出了基于Hopfield神经网络的图像矢量量化方法,该方法首先构造聚类表格;然后聚类表格按离散Hopfield神经网络串行方式运行;最后根据得到的最终码字集,对图像进行矢量量化。论文最后给出模拟实验和结果比较,结果表明该方法是有效的,生成的码本质量优于传统的LBG算法。     

矢量量化的初始码书算法

矢量量化的初始码书设计是很重要的,影响或决定着其后码书形成算法的迭代次数和最终的码书质量。针对原有的初始码书算法在性能上随机性强与信源匹配程度不高的问题,提出一种对于训练矢量实施基于分量的和值排序,然后做分离平均的初始码书形成算法。算法使用了矢量的特征量,脱离了对于图像结构因数的依赖,能产生鲁棒性较好的初始码书。实验证明了该方法的有效性,与LBG算法结合可进一步提高码书质量。     

一种基于类覆盖和粒子群优化的模糊神经网络系统

提出一种基于类覆盖获取有向图和粒子群优化方法的模糊神经网络模式识别系统模型，该模型利用改进的贪心算法获得半径较均匀的超球体类覆盖，再利用超球体类覆盖实现模糊输入空间划分和模糊IF-THEN规则提取，以此实现模糊神经网络系统的结构辨识；采用改进的模糊加权型Mamdani推理法确定系统的输出，并使用基于粒子群优化的算法对系统参数进行精炼，使系统具有很好的强壮性和识别率．对11种矿泉水味觉信号的识别实验结果证明了该系统的可行性和有效性．     

Image compression by vector quantization: a review focused on codebook generation

Recently, vector quantization (VQ) has received considerable attention, and has become an effective tool for image compression. It provides a high compression ratio and a simple decoding process. However, studies on the practical implementation of VQ have revealed some major difficulties such as edge integrity and codebook design efficiency. After reviewing the state-of-the-art in the field of vector quantization, we focus on iterative and non-iterative codebook generation algorithms.     

自适应补偿矢量量化

提出了一种基于ＬＢＧ码书设计的新的图像矢量量化算法。该算法利用图像信号在正交矢量空间中的能量集中性,有效地减小了码书的搜索范围,加快了矢量量化速度。同时利用原始图像和重建图像之间的差值进行了自适应补偿,在保证较高压缩比的同时,有效地克服了矢量量化的致命缺陷,即重建图像存在严重的方块效应。     

A GPU implementation for LBG and SOM training

Vector quantization (VQ) is an effective technique applicable in a wide range of areas, such as image compression and pattern recognition. The most time-consuming procedure of VQ is codebook training, and two of the frequently used training algorithms are LBG and self-organizing map (SOM). Nowadays, desktop computers are usually equipped with programmable graphics processing units (GPUs), whose parallel data-processing ability is ideal for codebook training acceleration. Although there are some GPU algorithms for LBG training, their implementations suffer from a large amount of data transfer between CPU and GPU and a large number of rendering passes within a training iteration. This paper presents a novel GPU-based training implementation for LBG and SOM training. More specifically, we utilize the random write ability of vertex shader to reduce the overheads mentioned above. Our experimental results show that our approach can run four times faster than the previous approach.     

Automatically extracting T–S fuzzy models using cooperative random learning particle swarm optimization

This paper proposes a methodology for automatically extracting T–S fuzzy models from data using particle swarm optimization (PSO). In the proposed method, the structures and parameters of the fuzzy models are encoded into a particle and evolve together so that the optimal structure and parameters can be achieved simultaneously. An improved version of the original PSO algorithm, the cooperative random learning particle swarm optimization (CRPSO), is put forward to enhance the performance of PSO. CRPSO employs several sub-swarms to search the space and the useful information is exchanged among them during the iteration process. Simulation results indicate that CRPSO outperforms the standard PSO algorithm, genetic algorithm (GA) and differential evolution (DE) on the functions optimization and benchmark modeling problems. Moreover, the proposed CRPSO-based method can extract accurate T–S fuzzy model with appropriate number of rules.     

基于自组织特征映射神经网络的矢量量化

近年来,许多学者已经成功地将Ｋｏｈｏｎｅｎ的自组织特征映射（ＳＯＦＭ）神经网络应用于矢量量化（ＶＱ）图象压缩编码,相对于传统的ＫＬＢＧ算法,基于的ＳＯＦＭ算法的两个主要缺点是计算量大和生成的码书性能较差因此为了改善码书性能,对基本的ＳＯＦＭ算法的权值调整方法作了一些改进,同时为了降低计算量,又在决定获得胜神经元的过程中,采用快速搜索算法,在将改进的算法用于矢量量化码书设计后,并把生成的码书用于图象     

Vector quantization: a review

Vector quantization (VQ) is a very effective way to save bandwidth and storage for speech coding and image coding. Traditional vector quantization methods can be divided into mainly seven types, tree-structured VQ, direct sum VQ, Cartesian product VQ, lattice VQ, classified VQ, feedback VQ, and fuzzy VQ, according to their codebook generation procedures. Over the past decade, quantization-based approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) search has been developing very fast and many methods have emerged for searching images with binary codes in the memory for large-scale datasets. Their most impressive characteristics are the use of multiple codebooks. This leads to the appearance of two kinds of codebook: the linear combination codebook and the joint codebook. This may be a trend for the future. However, these methods are just finding a balance among speed, accuracy, and memory consumption for ANN search, and sometimes one of these three suffers. So, finding a vector quantization method that can strike a balance between speed and accuracy and consume moderately sized memory, is still a problem requiring study.

     

采用遗传算法的文本无关说话人识别

为解决在说话人识别方法的矢量量化(Vector Quantization,VQ)系统中,K-均值法的码本设计很容易陷入局部最优,而且初始码本的选取对最佳码本设计影响很大的问题,将遗传算法(Genetic Algorithm,GA)与基于非参数模型的VQ相结合,得到1种VQ码本设计的GA-K算法.该算法利用GA的全局优化能力得到最优的VQ码本,避免LBG算法极易收敛于局部最优点的问题;通过GA自身参数,结合K-均值法收敛速度快的优点,搜索出训练矢量空间中全局最优的码本.实验结果表明,GA-K算法优于LBG算法,可以很好地协调收敛性和识别率之间的关系.     

修正的广义学习向量量化算法

讨论了Pal等的广义学习量化算法(GLVQ)和Karayiannis等的模糊学习量化算法(FGLVQ)的优缺点，提出了修正广义学习量化(RGLVQ)算法。该算法的迭代系数有很好的上下界，解决了GLVQ的“Scale”问题，又不像FGLVQ算法对初始学习率敏感。用IRIS数据集对算法进行了测试，并应用所给算法进行了用于图像压缩的量化码书设计。该文算法与FGLVQ类算法性能相当，但少了大量浮点除法，实验过程表明节约训练时间约l0％。     

Vector quantization in DCT domain using fuzzy possibilistic c-means based on penalized and compensated constraints

In this paper, fuzzy possibilistic c-means (FPCM) approach based on penalized and compensated constraints are proposed to vector quantization (VQ) in discrete cosine transform (DCT) for image compression. These approaches are named penalized fuzzy possibilistic c-means (PFPCM) and compensated fuzzy possibilistic c-means (CFPCM). The main purpose is to modify the FPCM strategy with penalized or compensated constraints so that the cluster centroids can be updated with penalized or compensated terms iteratively in order to find near-global solution in optimal problem. The information transformed by DCT was separated into DC and AC coefficients. Then, the AC coefficients are trained by using the proposed methods to generate better codebook based on VQ. The compression performances using the proposed approaches are compared with FPCM and conventional VQ method. From the experimental results, the promising performances can be obtained using the proposed approaches.     

基于模糊矢量量化图象编码的研究

分析了模糊矢量量化（ＦＶＱ）图象编码的原理，给出了ＦＶＱ设计三要素。提出了用于图象编码的指数型模糊矢量量化算法（ＦＶＱＥ）。实验结果表明，ＦＶＱＥ的图象编码性能与ＦＶＱ相当，但收敛速度要略快于ＦＶＱ算法。     

多阈值图像分割的模糊粒子群优化算法

把粒子群算法应用到多阈值图像分割中,结合已有的模糊C-均值聚类法提出了一种基于模糊技术的粒子群优化多阈值图像分割算法。FCM聚类算法是一种局部搜索算法,对初始值较为敏感,容易陷入局部极小值而不能得到全局最优解。PSO算法是一种基于群体的具有全局寻优能力的优化方法。将FCM聚类算法和PSO算法结合起来,将FCM聚类算法的聚类准则函数作为PSO算法中的粒子适应度函数。仿真实验表明新算法在最大熵评判准则下能够得到最优阈值。