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dc.contributor.author | Oloyede, Muhtahir Oluwaseyi![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Hancke, Gerhard P.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Myburgh, Hermanus Carel![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Onumanyi, A.J. (Adeiza)![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-13T14:28:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-13T14:28:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-01-30 | |
dc.description.abstract | Image enhancement is an integral component of face recognition systems and other image processing tasks such as in medical and satellite imaging. Among a number of existing image enhancement methods, metaheuristic-based approaches have gained popularity owing to their highly effective performance rates. However, the need for improved evaluation functions is a major research concern in the study of metaheuristic-based image enhancement methods. Thus, in this paper, we present a new evaluation function for improving the performance of metaheuristic-based image enhancement methods. Essentially, we applied our new evaluation function in conjunction with metaheuristic-based optimization algorithms in order to select automatically the best enhanced face image based on a linear combination of different key quantitative measures. Furthermore, different from other existing evaluation functions, our evaluation function is finitely bounded to determine easily whether an image is either too dark or too bright. This makes it better suited to find optimal solutions (best enhanced images) during the search process. Our method was compared with existing metaheuristic-based methods and other state-of-the-art image enhancement techniques. Based on the qualitative and quantitative measures obtained, our approach is shown to enhance facial images in unconstrained environments significantly. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2020 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | https://jivp-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Oloyede, M., Hancke, G., Myburgh, H. et al. A new evaluation function for face image enhancement in unconstrained environments using metaheuristic algorithms. EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing 2019, 27 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13640-019-0418-7. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1687-5176 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1687-5281 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1186/s13640-019-0418-7 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75701 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | SpringerOpen | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © The Author(s). 2019 Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Pre-processing | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Image enhancement | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Metaheuristic algorithm | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Unconstrained environments | en_ZA |
dc.title | A new evaluation function for face image enhancement in unconstrained environments using metaheuristic algorithms | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |