Abstract
A new image segmentation method by artificial life approach using autonomous agents is proposed in this paper. Each agent moves on the image according to some rules as follows:Each agent has the features such as color. It moves onto a pixel which has the most similar features. It also puts virtual Pheromone on the pixels. The pheromone is the idea based on the chamical substance which has the property to keep agents away. Each agent serches for the pixel which has smaller amount of pheromone and the most similar features. The locus of each agent becomes a segmented region. The proposed method has the following features:(1)it costs less amount of calculation;(2)it can be applied to a wide variety of images.
