Vincent Rodin, Abdesslam Benzinou, Anne Guillaud, Pascal Ballet, Fabrice Harrouet, Jacques Tisseau and Jean Le Bihan.
An immune oriented multi-agent system for biological image processing.
Pattern Recognition, Elsevier, 37(4):631-645, April 2004.
Abstract:
In this article, we present a parallel image processing system based on the concept of reactive agents. Our system lies in the oRis language, which allows to describe finely and simply the agents' behaviors to detect image features. We also present a method of segmentation using a multi-agent system, and two biological applications made with oRis. The stopping of this multi-agent system is implemented through a technique issued from immunology: the apoptosis.
Keywords: Artificial immune systems, Multi-agent language, Multi-agent system, Parallel image processing, Spots detection, Striae detection.
[doi:10.1016/j.patcog.2003.09.014] [Rodin04a.pdf]

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