title: Augmented relaxation labeling and dynamic relaxation labeling.
abstract: Current implementations of relaxation labeling are homogeneous, where each pixel is in an identical relationship to a static neighbor set. These systems maintain the iterative probabilistic labeling but use a nonhomogeneous dynamic neighborhood to establish a local consistency. Neighborhoods are created at each iteration through the broadcasting and reception of label information according to semantically established broadcasting patterns for each label. Augmented relaxation labeling is a two stage process which contains a separate relaxation stage with a top-down direction capability for specific pixel label updating. Dynamic relaxation is a one step process where every pixel label is updated through the dynamic neighborhoods. Both labeling processes are demonstrated on simple line drawings.
authors.affiliation: Radar and Optics Division, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48107.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kuschel
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Page