Using Semi-Supervised Learning in Cellular Automata for Edge Detection of Image Segmentation

Abstract

Semi-Supervised Learning is an area of increasing importance in Machine Learning techniques that make use of both labeled and unlabeled data. The goal of using both labeled and unlabeled data is to build better learners instead of using each one alone. Semi-supervised learning investigates how to use the information of both labeled and unlabeled examples to perform better than supervised learning. In this paper we present a new method for edge detection of image segmentation using cellular automata with modification for game of life rules and K-means algorithm. We use the semi-supervised clustering method, which can jointly learn to fusion by making use of the unlabeled data. The learning aim consists in distinguishing between edge and no edge for each pixel in image. We have applied the semi-supervised method for finding edge detection in natural image and measured its performance using the Berkeley Segmentation Dataset and Benchmark dataset. The results and experiments showed the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method.