Automatic hardware implementation tool for a discrete Adaboost-based decision algorithm

Category

Journal Article

Authors

Mitéran, J., Matas, J., Bourennane, E., Paindavoine, M., Dubois, J.

Year

2005

Title

Automatic hardware implementation tool for a discrete Adaboost-based decision algorithm

Journal / book / conference

EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Abstract

We propose a method and a tool for automatic generation of hardware implementation of a decision rule based on the Adaboost algorithm. We review the principles of the classification method and we evaluate its hardware implementation cost in terms of FPGA's slice, using different weak classifiers based on the general concept of hyperrectangle. The main novelty of our approach is that the tool allows the user to find automatically an appropriate tradeoff between classification performances and hardware implementation cost, and that the generated architecture is optimized for each training process. We present results obtained using Gaussian distributions and examples from UCI databases. Finally, we present an example of industrial application of real-time textured image segmentation.

Issue

7

Volume

2005

Pages

1035-1046

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