Joint graph decomposition & node labeling: Problem, algorithms, applications

TitleJoint graph decomposition & node labeling: Problem, algorithms, applications
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsLevinkov, E, Uhrig, J, Tang, S, Omran, M, Insafutdinov, E, Kirillov, A, Rother, C, Brox, T, Schiele, B, Andres, B
Conference NameProceedings - 30th IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2017
ISBN Number9781538604571
Abstract

We state a combinatorial optimization problem whose feasible solutions define both a decomposition and a node labeling of a given graph. This problem offers a common mathematical abstraction of seemingly unrelated computer vision tasks, including instance-separating semantic segmentation, articulated human body pose estimation and multiple object tracking. Conceptually, the problem we state generalizes the unconstrained integer quadratic program and the minimum cost lifted multicut problem, both of which are NP-hard. In order to find feasible solutions efficiently, we define two local search algorithms that converge monotonously to a local optimum, offering a feasible solution at any time. To demonstrate their effectiveness in tackling computer vision tasks, we apply these algorithms to instances of the problem that we construct from published data, using published algorithms. We report state-of-the-art application-specific accuracy for the three above-mentioned applications.

DOI10.1109/CVPR.2017.206
Citation KeyLevinkov2017