DocumentCode :
3194395
Title :
A framework for uncertainty reasoning in hierarchical visual evidence space
Author :
Qian, Jianzhong ; Ehrich, Roger W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Volume :
i
fYear :
1990
fDate :
16-21 Jun 1990
Firstpage :
119
Abstract :
A computational framework is presented to show how Dempster-Shafer (D-S) evidence theory can be applied to a hierarchically structured hypothesis space in a computer vision system. It is shown how to make use of partial and locally ambiguous information at different levels of abstraction to achieve a reliable interpretation. It is also shown how the reasoning process can make use of spatial relationships among pieces of visual evidence to strengthen the reasoning results. Because a frame of discernment consists of a set of mutually exclusive visual events, the reasoning process is visual evidence driven, and the goal is to assign labels to visual events. However, at each level of the event hierarchy it is possible to pose additional D-S problems involving spatial relationships among hypotheses at that level and other evidence. The results of these subsidiary D-S problems contribute to the belief functions for the original hypotheses at that level. Thus, a framework for incorporating a relational model into an event-driven reasoning process is formed. An implementation example is given
Keywords :
computer vision; knowledge based systems; Dempster-Shafer evidence theory; ambiguous information; computer vision; discernment frame; event-driven reasoning process; hierarchical visual evidence space; hierarchically structured hypothesis space; spatial relationships; uncertainty reasoning; Artificial intelligence; Computer vision; Data analysis; Data mining; Degradation; Feature extraction; Humans; Image analysis; Machine vision; Uncertainty;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 1990. Proceedings., 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlantic City, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2062-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.1990.118076
Filename :
118076
Link To Document :
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