HWOA: A hybrid whale optimization algorithm with a novel local minima avoidance method for multi-level thresholding color image segmentation

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Highlights：

• Developing a novel method, called the local minima elimination method (LMAM).

• Proposing a new color image segmentation model based on a hybrid of WOA with LMAM.

• The proposed approach is applied to ten color test images.

• The proposed approach is compared with a number of robust well-known algorithms.

摘要

•Developing a novel method, called the local minima elimination method (LMAM).•Proposing a new color image segmentation model based on a hybrid of WOA with LMAM.•The proposed approach is applied to ten color test images.•The proposed approach is compared with a number of robust well-known algorithms.

论文关键词：Color image segmentation,Whale optimization algorithm,Otsu method,Local minima elimination method,Multi-level thresholding

论文评审过程：Received 16 February 2021, Revised 2 September 2021, Accepted 21 October 2021, Available online 6 November 2021, Version of Record 10 November 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.116145