Evolutionary optimization of a multiscale descriptor for leaf shape analysis

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Highlights：

• The optimized multiscale bending energy descriptor is suitable to represent leaf shapes.

• Optimization improves the multiscale description of leaf shapes.

• The optimized descriptor improves leaf cluster organization and classification.

摘要

•The optimized multiscale bending energy descriptor is suitable to represent leaf shapes.•Optimization improves the multiscale description of leaf shapes.•The optimized descriptor improves leaf cluster organization and classification.

论文关键词：Shape analysis,Image processing,Data visualization,Evolutionary optimization,Leaf taxonomy

论文评审过程：Received 23 January 2016, Revised 10 July 2016, Accepted 11 July 2016, Available online 12 July 2016, Version of Record 19 July 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.07.016