Textual and Visual Information Retrieval using Query Refinement and Pattern Analysis

Textual and Visual Information Retrieval using Query Refinement and Pattern Analysis
Author: S.G. Shaila
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2018-09-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9811325596

This book offers comprehensive coverage of information retrieval by considering both Text Based Information Retrieval (TBIR) and Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR), together with new research topics. The approach to TBIR is based on creating a thesaurus, as well as event classification and detection. N-gram thesaurus generation for query refinement offers a new method for improving the precision of retrieval, while event classification and detection approaches aid in the classification and organization of information using web documents for domain-specific retrieval applications. In turn, with regard to content based image retrieval (CBIR) the book presents a histogram construction method, which is based on human visual perceptions of color. The book’s overarching goal is to introduce readers to new ideas in an easy-to-follow manner.

Integrating Metaheuristics in Computer Vision for Real-World Optimization Problems

Integrating Metaheuristics in Computer Vision for Real-World Optimization Problems
Author: Shubham Mahajan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2024-08-27
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1394230923

A comprehensive book providing high-quality research addressing challenges in theoretical and application aspects of soft computing and machine learning in image processing and computer vision. Researchers are working to create new algorithms that combine the methods provided by CI approaches to solve the problems of image processing and computer vision such as image size, noise, illumination, and security. The 19 chapters in this book examine computational intelligence (CI) approaches as alternative solutions for automatic computer vision and image processing systems in a wide range of applications, using machine learning and soft computing. Applications highlighted in the book include: diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for ischemic stroke, object detection, tracking face detection and recognition; computational-based strategies for drug repositioning and improving performance with feature selection, extraction, and learning; methods capable of retrieving photometric and geometric transformed images; concepts of trading the cryptocurrency market based on smart price action strategies; comparative evaluation and prediction of exoplanets using machine learning methods; the risk of using failure rate with the help of MTTF and MTBF to calculate reliability; a detailed description of various techniques using edge detection algorithms; machine learning in smart houses; the strengths and limitations of swarm intelligence and computation; how to use bidirectional LSTM for heart arrhythmia detection; a comprehensive study of content-based image-retrieval techniques for feature extraction; machine learning approaches to understanding angiogenesis; handwritten image enhancement based on neutroscopic-fuzzy. Audience The book has been designed for researchers, engineers, graduate, and post-graduate students wanting to learn more about the theoretical and application aspects of soft computing and machine learning in image processing and computer vision.

Introduction to Information Retrieval

Introduction to Information Retrieval
Author: Christopher D. Manning
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2008-07-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1139472100

Class-tested and coherent, this textbook teaches classical and web information retrieval, including web search and the related areas of text classification and text clustering from basic concepts. It gives an up-to-date treatment of all aspects of the design and implementation of systems for gathering, indexing, and searching documents; methods for evaluating systems; and an introduction to the use of machine learning methods on text collections. All the important ideas are explained using examples and figures, making it perfect for introductory courses in information retrieval for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in computer science. Based on feedback from extensive classroom experience, the book has been carefully structured in order to make teaching more natural and effective. Slides and additional exercises (with solutions for lecturers) are also available through the book's supporting website to help course instructors prepare their lectures.

Visual Information Retrieval using Java and LIRE

Visual Information Retrieval using Java and LIRE
Author: Mathias Lux
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1627051945

Visual information retrieval (VIR) is an active and vibrant research area, which attempts at providing means for organizing, indexing, annotating, and retrieving visual information (images and videos) from large, unstructured repositories. The goal of VIR is to retrieve matches ranked by their relevance to a given query, which is often expressed as an example image and/or a series of keywords. During its early years (1995-2000), the research efforts were dominated by content-based approaches contributed primarily by the image and video processing community. During the past decade, it was widely recognized that the challenges imposed by the lack of coincidence between an image's visual contents and its semantic interpretation, also known as semantic gap, required a clever use of textual metadata (in addition to information extracted from the image's pixel contents) to make image and video retrieval solutions efficient and effective. The need to bridge (or at least narrow) the semantic gap has been one of the driving forces behind current VIR research. Additionally, other related research problems and market opportunities have started to emerge, offering a broad range of exciting problems for computer scientists and engineers to work on. In this introductory book, we focus on a subset of VIR problems where the media consists of images, and the indexing and retrieval methods are based on the pixel contents of those images -- an approach known as content-based image retrieval (CBIR). We present an implementation-oriented overview of CBIR concepts, techniques, algorithms, and figures of merit. Most chapters are supported by examples written in Java, using Lucene (an open-source Java-based indexing and search implementation) and LIRE (Lucene Image REtrieval), an open-source Java-based library for CBIR.

Machine Learning and Data Mining in Pattern Recognition

Machine Learning and Data Mining in Pattern Recognition
Author: Petra Perner
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2003-08-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540450653

TheInternationalConferenceonMachineLearningandDataMining(MLDM)is the third meeting in a series of biennial events, which started in 1999, organized by the Institute of Computer Vision and Applied Computer Sciences (IBaI) in Leipzig. MLDM began as a workshop and is now a conference, and has brought the topic of machine learning and data mining to the attention of the research community. Seventy-?ve papers were submitted to the conference this year. The program committeeworkedhardtoselectthemostprogressiveresearchinafairandc- petent review process which led to the acceptance of 33 papers for presentation at the conference. The 33 papers in these proceedings cover a wide variety of topics related to machine learning and data mining. The two invited talks deal with learning in case-based reasoning and with mining for structural data. The contributed papers can be grouped into nine areas: support vector machines; pattern dis- very; decision trees; clustering; classi?cation and retrieval; case-based reasoning; Bayesian models and methods; association rules; and applications. We would like to express our appreciation to the reviewers for their precise andhighlyprofessionalwork.WearegratefultotheGermanScienceFoundation for its support of the Eastern European researchers. We appreciate the help and understanding of the editorial sta? at Springer Verlag, and in particular Alfred Hofmann,whosupportedthepublicationoftheseproceedingsintheLNAIseries. Last, but not least, we wish to thank all the speakers and participants who contributed to the success of the conference.

Information Retrieval with Verbose Queries

Information Retrieval with Verbose Queries
Author: Manish Gupta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2015-07-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781680830446

The first monograph to provide a coherent and organized survey on this topic. It puts together the various research pieces of the puzzle, provides a comprehensive and structured overview of diverse proposed methods, and lists several application scenarios where effective verbose query processing can make a significant difference.

Natural Language and Information Systems

Natural Language and Information Systems
Author: Epaminondas Kapetanios
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2008-06-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540698582

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2008, held in London, UK, in June 2008. The 31 revised full papers and 14 revised poster papers presented together with 3 invited talks and 4 papers of the NLDB 2008 doctoral symposium were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on natural language processing and understanding, conceptual modelling and ontologies, information retrieval, querying and question answering, document processing and text mining, software (requirements) engineering and specification.

A Feature-Centric View of Information Retrieval

A Feature-Centric View of Information Retrieval
Author: Donald Metzler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2011-09-18
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642228984

Commercial Web search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing are used every day by millions of people across the globe. With their ever-growing refinement and usage, it has become increasingly difficult for academic researchers to keep up with the collection sizes and other critical research issues related to Web search, which has created a divide between the information retrieval research being done within academia and industry. Such large collections pose a new set of challenges for information retrieval researchers. In this work, Metzler describes highly effective information retrieval models for both smaller, classical data sets, and larger Web collections. In a shift away from heuristic, hand-tuned ranking functions and complex probabilistic models, he presents feature-based retrieval models. The Markov random field model he details goes beyond the traditional yet ill-suited bag of words assumption in two ways. First, the model can easily exploit various types of dependencies that exist between query terms, eliminating the term independence assumption that often accompanies bag of words models. Second, arbitrary textual or non-textual features can be used within the model. As he shows, combining term dependencies and arbitrary features results in a very robust, powerful retrieval model. In addition, he describes several extensions, such as an automatic feature selection algorithm and a query expansion framework. The resulting model and extensions provide a flexible framework for highly effective retrieval across a wide range of tasks and data sets. A Feature-Centric View of Information Retrieval provides graduate students, as well as academic and industrial researchers in the fields of information retrieval and Web search with a modern perspective on information retrieval modeling and Web searches.

Handbook of Multimedia Computing

Handbook of Multimedia Computing
Author: Borko Furht
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 998
Release: 1998-09-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780849318252

Multimedia computing has emerged as a major area of research. Coupled with high-speed networks, multimedia computer systems have opened a spectrum of new applications by combining a variety of information sources, such as voice, graphics, animation, images, audio, and video. Handbook on Multimedia Computing provides a comprehensive resource on advanced topics in this field, considered here as the integration of four industries: computer, communication, broadcasting/entertainment, and consumer electronics. This indispensable reference compiles contributions from 80 academic and industry leaders, examining all the major subsets of multimedia activity. Four parts divide the text: Basic Concepts and Standards introduces basic multimedia terminology, taxonomy, and concepts, including multimedia objects, user interfaces, and standards Multimedia Retrieval and Processing Techniques addresses various aspects of audio, image, and video retrieval; indexing; and processing techniques and systems Multimedia Systems and Techniques covers critical multimedia issues, such as multimedia synchronization, operating systems for multimedia, multimedia databases, storage organizations, and processor architectures Multimedia Communications and Networking discusses networking issues, such as quality of service, resource management, and video transport An indispensable reference, Handbook on Multimedia Computing covers every aspect of multimedia applications and technology. It gives you the tools you need to understand and work in this fast-paced, continuously changing field.

Advances in Web-Age Information Management

Advances in Web-Age Information Management
Author: Jeffrey Xu Yu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2006-06-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540352260

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, WAIM 2006, held in Hong Kong, June 2006. The book presents 50 revised full papers, organized in topical sections on indexing, XML query processing, information retrieval, sensor networks and grid computing, peer-to-peer systems, Web services, Web searching, temporal database, clustering, clustering and classification, data mining, data stream processing, XML and semistructured data, and more.