Title
Terrain-Based Memetic Algorithms for Vector Quantizer Design
Abstract
Recently, a Genetic Accelerated K-Means Algorithm (GAKM) was proposed as an approach for optimizing Vector Quantization (VQ) codebooks, relying on an accelerated version of K-Means algorithm as a new local learning module. This approach requires the determination of a scale factor parameter (eta), which affects the local search performed by GAKM. The problem of auto-adapting the local search in GAKM, by adjusting the eta parameter, is addressed in this work by the proposal of a Terrain-Based Memetic Algorithm (TBMA), derived from existing spatially distributed evolutionary models. Simulation results regarding image VQ show that this new approach is able to adjust the scale factor (eta) for different images at distinct coding rates, leading to better Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio values for the reconstructed images when compared to both K-Means and Cellular Genetic Algorithm + K-Means. The TBMA also demonstrates capability of tuning the mutation rate throughout the genetic search.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/978-3-642-03211-0_17
Studies in Computational Intelligence
Keywords
Field
DocType
memetic algorithm,k means,genetics,k means algorithm,peak signal to noise ratio,genetic algorithm,mutation rate,local search
Memetic algorithm,Scale factor,Mutation rate,Pattern recognition,Terrain,Coding (social sciences),Vector quantization,Artificial intelligence,Local search (optimization),Quantization (signal processing),Mathematics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
236
1860-949X
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
13
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carlos R. B. Azevedo1274.49
Flávia E. A. G. Azevedo210.35
Waslon T. A. Lopes3438.38
Francisco Madeiro49414.78