Aggregation of fuzzy metrics and its application in image segmentation

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University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Fundamentals Sciences, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel method for the construction of a fuzzy metrics and demonstrates application in image segmentation. Some new properties of t-norms, t-conorms, aggregation functions, and fuzzy metrics are proved, which provides the procedures for constructing a new fuzzy metric. We prove that by applying some types of t-norms, t-conorms and aggregation functions on the sequence of fuzzy metrics, a new fuzzy metric could be obtained. The application of the fuzzy metric constructed in this way is illustrated in image segmentation by using the \textsf{FCM} algorithm. For the purpose of constructing a new fuzzy metric, an extended aggregation function called generalized quasi-arithmetic mean is considered.

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Iranian Journal of Fuzzy Systems
Volume 19, Issue 3
May and June 2022
Pages 19-37

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