• DocumentCode
    2243109
  • Title

    Ranking invariance between fuzzy similarity measures applied to image retrieval

  • Author

    Omhover, Jean-Francois ; Detyniecki, March ; Rifqi, Maria ; Bouchon-Meunier, Bernadette

  • Author_Institution
    LIP6 - Pole IA, UPMC, Paris, France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    25-29 July 2004
  • Firstpage
    1367
  • Abstract
    We first introduce the fuzzy similarity measures in the context of a CBIR system. This leads to the observation of an invariance in the ranking for different similarity measures. We then propose an explanation to this phenomenon, and a larger theory about order invariance for fuzzy similarity measures. We introduce a definition for equivalence classes based on order conservation between these measures. We then study the consequences of this theory on the evaluation of document retrieval by fuzzy similarity.
  • Keywords
    equivalence classes; fuzzy set theory; image retrieval; invariance; document retrieval; equivalence classes; fuzzy similarity measures; image retrieval; order conservation; ranking invariance; Data mining; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fuzzy systems; Histograms; Image databases; Image retrieval; Information retrieval; Psychology; Solid modeling; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fuzzy Systems, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1098-7584
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8353-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FUZZY.2004.1375369
  • Filename
    1375369