Title
Termites: A Retinex Implementation Based On A Colony Of Agents
Abstract
This paper describes a novel implementation of the Retinex algorithm with the exploration of the image done by an ant swarm. In this case the purpose of the ant colony is not the optimization of some constraints but is an alternative way to explore the image content as diffused as possible, with the possibility of tuning the exploration parameters to the image content trying to better approach the Human Visual System behavior. For this reason, we used "termites", instead of ants, to underline the idea of the eager exploration of the image. The paper presents the spatial characteristics of locality and discusses differences in path exploration with other Retinex implementations. Furthermore a psychophysical experiment has been carried out on eight images with 20 observers and results indicate that a termite swarm should investigate a particular region of an image to find the local reference white.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1117/12.910276
COLOR IMAGING XVII: DISPLAYING, PROCESSING, HARDCOPY, AND APPLICATIONS
Field
DocType
Volume
Color constancy,Computer vision,Locality,Swarm behaviour,Human visual system model,Image content,Implementation,Artificial intelligence,Ant colony,Physics
Conference
8292
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0277-786X
1
0.37
References 
Authors
14
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gabriele Simone1778.42
giuseppe audino210.37
Ivar Farup39718.82
A. Rizzi460564.43