The authors describe experiments using a genetic algorithm for feature selection in the context of neural network classifiers, specifically, counterpropagation networks. They present the novel techniques used in the application of genetic algorithms. First, the genetic algorithm is configured to use an approximate evaluation in order to reduce significantly the computation required. In particular, though the desired classifiers are counterpropagation networks, they use a nearest-neighbor classifier to evaluate features sets and show that the features selected by this method are effective in the context of counterpropagation networks. Second, a method called the training set sampling in which only a portion of the training set is used on any given evaluation, is proposed. Computational savings can be made using this method, i.e., evaluations can be made over an order of magnitude faster. This method selects feature sets that are as good as and occasionally better for counterpropagation than those chosen by an evaluation that uses the entire training set.

During the performance optimization of a computer vision system, developers frequently run into platform-level inefficiencies and bottlenecks that can not be addressed by traditional methods. OpenVX is designed to address such system-level issues by means of a graph-based computation model. This approach differs from the traditional acceleration of one-off functions, and exposes optimization possibilities that might not be available or obvious with traditional computer vision libraries such as OpenCV.

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Action evade predators stay away from objects find food wander 8. Conclusion By augmenting a reactive planner with the mechanisms necessary to perform spatial reasoning in a complex, dynamic environment, this research takes the next step towards the creation of competent autonomous robots. I believe that an engineering approach, based on iterative refinement of a simple system, is the path to the complex systems that are our goal. This research follows that path.