Similarity measures for content-based image retrieval based on intuitionistic fuzzy set theory

Shaoping Xu, Chunquan Li, Shunliang Jiang, Xiaoping Liu
2012 Journal of Computers  
In this paper, a new intuitionistic fuzzy model for images based on the HSV color histogram is proposed. The image can be treated as an Attanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) with this new model. A new and simple calculation of similarity measurement called 1 based on similarity measurement of intuitionistic fuzzy set 1 is presented. Unlike general fuzzy similarity measure that consider only the membership degree, the new intuitionistic similarity measure takes into account the membership
more » ... egree, the nonmembership degree and the hesitation degree, these have been found to be highly useful in dealing with vagueness. The similarity measure 1 is used for content-based image retrieval (CBIR). With the similarity measure 1, image retrieval can be carried out more rapidly than with many other existing similarity measurements and the results better coincide with human perception.
doi:10.4304/jcp.7.7.1733-1742 fatcat:xyzlgdknpjfe5psusulxfned4i