Accessibility-based reranking in multimedia search engines
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Author(s)
Kalamaras, I
Dimitriou, N
Drosou, A
Tzovaras, D
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Traditional multimedia search engines retrieve results based mostly on the query submitted by the user, or using a log of previous searches to provide personalized results, while not considering the accessibility of the results for users with vision or other types of impairments. In this paper, a novel approach is presented which incorporates the accessibility of images for users with various vision impairments, such as color blindness, cataract and glaucoma, in order to rerank the results of an image search engine. The accessibility of individual images is measured through the use of vision simulation filters. Multi-objective optimization techniques utilizing the image accessibility scores are used to handle users with multiple vision impairments, while the impairment profile of a specific user is used to select one from the Pareto-optimal solutions. The proposed approach has been tested with two image datasets, using both simulated and real impaired users, and the results verify its applicability. Although the proposed method has been used for vision accessibility-based reranking, it can also be extended for other types of personalization context.
Date Issued
2016-09-10
Date Acceptance
2016-08-17
Citation
Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2016, 76 (14), pp.15923-15949
ISSN
1380-7501
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Start Page
15923
End Page
15949
Journal / Book Title
Multimedia Tools and Applications
Volume
76
Issue
14
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Computer Science, Information Systems
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Computer Science, Theory & Methods
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Computer Science
Engineering
Accessibility-based search engines
Accessibility reranking
Accessibility feature extraction
Multi-objective optimization
VISUAL-ACUITY
MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION
VISION
SIMULATION
RETRIEVAL
CATARACT
WEBSITES
MPEG-21
0803 Computer Software
0805 Distributed Computing
0806 Information Systems
0801 Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
Software Engineering
Publication Status
Published