International Journal of Communication Systems and Network Technologies

A Quantum Multilayer Self Organizing Neural Network for Binary Object Extraction From A Noisy Perspective

Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, Pankaj Pal, Sandip Bhowmick

Published Apr 30, 2014• 0 citations

Abstract

Binary object extraction from a noisy perspective is a challenging proposition in the computer vision community. Various research initiatives based on different methodologies have been entrusted on this aspect over the decades. The multilayer self-organizing neural network (MLSONN) architecture implemented by a fuzzy measure guided backpropagation of errors is one of the best accomplishments in this direction. In this article, a quantum multilayer self-organizing neural network (QMLSONN) architecture is proposed to achieve the same objective. Quantum computation plays a remarkable role in the proposed architecture. The proposed architecture operates using single qubit rotation gates. Here different nodes and interconnection weights act as vital components for this intention. The proposed QMLSONN architecture comprises three processing layers specified as input, hidden and output layers. The nodes in the processing layers are represented by qubits and the interconnection weights are represented by quantum gates. A quantum measurement at the output layer destroys the quantum states of the processed information thereby inducing assimilation of linear indices of fuzziness as the network system errors used to adjust network interconnection weights through a proposed quantum back propagation algorithm. Results of application of the QMLSONN are established on a synthetic and a real life spanner image with various degrees of Gaussian noise and uniform noise. Comparative study with the classical MLSONN architecture reveals the time efficiency of the presented QMLSONN architecture. Moreover, the QMLSONN architecture also restores the shape of the extracted objects to a great extent.

DOI: 10.18486/ijcsnt/3.1.029

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