Accelerating Families of Fuzzy K-Means Algorithms for Vector Quantization Codebook Design

The performance of signal processing systems based on vector quantization depends on codebook design. In the image compression scenario, the quality of the reconstructed images depends on the codebooks used. In this paper, alternatives are proposed for accelerating families of fuzzy K-means algorith...

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Main Authors: Edson Mata, Silvio Bandeira, Paulo de Mattos Neto, Waslon Lopes, Francisco Madeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/11/1963
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Summary:The performance of signal processing systems based on vector quantization depends on codebook design. In the image compression scenario, the quality of the reconstructed images depends on the codebooks used. In this paper, alternatives are proposed for accelerating families of fuzzy K-means algorithms for codebook design. The acceleration is obtained by reducing the number of iterations of the algorithms and applying efficient nearest neighbor search techniques. Simulation results concerning image vector quantization have shown that the acceleration obtained so far does not decrease the quality of the reconstructed images. Codebook design time savings up to about 40% are obtained by the accelerated versions with respect to the original versions of the algorithms.
ISSN:1424-8220