Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Evaluating feature combination in object classification

  • Jian Hou*
  • , Bo Ping Zhang
  • , Nai Ming Qi
  • , Yong Yang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Xuchang University
  • School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

Feature combination is used in object classification to combine the strength of multiple complementary features and yield a more powerful feature. While some work can be found in literature to calculate the weights of features, the selection of features used in combination is rarely touched. Different researchers usually use different sets of features in combination and obtain different results. It's not clear to which degree the superior combination results should be attributed to the combination methods and not the carefully selected feature sets. In this paper we evaluate the impact of various feature-related factors on feature combination performance. Specifically, we studied the combination of various popular descriptors, kernels and spatial pyramid levels through extensive experiments on four datasets of diverse object types. As a result, we provide some empirical guidelines on designing experimental setups and combination algorithms in object classification.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Visual Computing - 7th International Symposium, ISVC 2011, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages597-606
Number of pages10
EditionPART 2
ISBN (Print)9783642240300
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event7th International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2011 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: 26 Sep 201128 Sep 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume6939 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference7th International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period26/09/1128/09/11

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Evaluating feature combination in object classification'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this