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EVOLVE - A Bridge between Probability, Set Oriented Numerics, and Evolutionary Computation II pp 371–385Cite as

Evolving an Artificial Dorsal Stream on Purpose for Visual Attention

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Visual attention is a natural process performed by the brain, whose functionality is to perceive salient visual features, and which is necessary since it is impossible to focus your sight at two things during the same indivisible time. This work is devoted to the task of evolving visual attention programs through organic genetic programming. The idea is to state the problem of visual attention, which is normally divided in two parts: bottom-up and top-down, in terms of a unique approach based on a teleological framework. Indeed, this paper explains how visual attention could be understood as a single mechanism that is designed according to a given purpose. In this way, genetic programming is used to design top-notch visual attention programs. Experimental results show that this new approach can contrive solutions useful in the solution of “top-down and bottom-up” visual attention problems. In particular, we present a solution to the size popout problem that was unsolved previously in the literature.

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  1. CICESE, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana, No.3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada, B.C., México

    León Dozal & Gustavo Olague

  2. Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, Avenida Tecnológico S/N, Esq. Av. Carlos Hank González, Valle de Anáhuac, Ecatepec de Morelos, México

    Eddie Clemente

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  1. , Computer Science Department, CINVESTAV-IPN, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco 2508, Mexico City, 07360, Mexico

    Oliver Schütze

  2. , Computer Science Department, CINVESTAV-IPN, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco 2508, Mexico City, 07360, Mexico

    Carlos A. Coello Coello

  3. , Computer Science and Communications, University of Luxembourg, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi 6, Luxembourg, 1359, Luxembourg

    Alexandru-Adrian Tantar

  4. Computer Science and Communications, Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi 6, Luxembourg, L-1359, Luxembourg

    Emilia Tantar

  5. Computer Science, and Communications, University of Luxembourg, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi 6, Luxembourg, L-1359, Luxembourg

    Pascal Bouvry

  6. Bordeaux Mathematical Institute, INRIA Bordeaux-Sud Ouest, Université Bordeaux I, cours de la Libération 351, Talence Cedex, 33405, France

    Pierre Del Moral

  7. Bâtiment Leyteire, UFR Sciences et Modélisation, Université Bordeaux II, 3ter place de la Victoire, Bordeaux, 33000, France

    Pierrick Legrand

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Dozal, L., Olague, G., Clemente, E. (2013). Evolving an Artificial Dorsal Stream on Purpose for Visual Attention. In: Schütze, O., et al. EVOLVE - A Bridge between Probability, Set Oriented Numerics, and Evolutionary Computation II. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 175. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31519-0_24

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