Pareto-depth for multiple-query image retrieval

IEEE Trans Image Process. 2015 Feb;24(2):583-94. doi: 10.1109/TIP.2014.2378057. Epub 2014 Dec 4.

Abstract

Most content-based image retrieval systems consider either one single query, or multiple queries that include the same object or represent the same semantic information. In this paper, we consider the content-based image retrieval problem for multiple query images corresponding to different image semantics. We propose a novel multiple-query information retrieval algorithm that combines the Pareto front method with efficient manifold ranking. We show that our proposed algorithm outperforms state of the art multiple-query retrieval algorithms on real-world image databases. We attribute this performance improvement to concavity properties of the Pareto fronts, and prove a theoretical result that characterizes the asymptotic concavity of the fronts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.