Evolving image processing operations for an evolvable hardware environment

S L Smith; D P Crouch; A M Tyrrell

Evolving image processing operations for an evolvable hardware environment

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Abstract

This paper describes the application of genetic algorithms to evolve new spatial masks for non-linear image processing operations, which are ultimately to be implemented on evolvable hardware. The development environment was custom-built to allow full control over the evolution process and enable the importance of the evolution strategy (including the representation scheme, parameters and fitness function) to be investigated and understood. Results of applying the evolved mask to threshold real-world images are provided and are shown to be an improvement on conventional image processing operations. The envisaged infrastructure for the evolvable hardware is also considered, and the implementation of the image processing operations discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EVOLVABLE SYSTEMS: FROM BIOLOGY TO HARDWARE, PROCEEDINGS
Editors	AM Tyrrell, PC Haddow, J Torresen
Place of Publication	BERLIN
Publisher	Springer
Pages	332-343
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	3-540-00730-X
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	5th International Conference on Evolvable Systems - TRONDHEIM Duration: 17 Mar 2003 → 20 Mar 2003

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on Evolvable Systems
City	TRONDHEIM
Period	17/03/03 → 20/03/03

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