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Main Authors: Liang, Yongqing, Han, Huijun, Li, Xin
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.17101
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author Liang, Yongqing
Han, Huijun
Li, Xin
author_facet Liang, Yongqing
Han, Huijun
Li, Xin
contents Solving point-wise feature correspondence in visual data is a fundamental problem in computer vision. A powerful model that addresses this challenge is to formulate it as graph matching, which entails solving a Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) with node-wise and edge-wise constraints. However, solving such a QAP can be both expensive and difficult due to numerous local extreme points. In this work, we introduce a novel linear model and solver designed to accelerate the computation of graph matching. Specifically, we employ a positive semi-definite matrix approximation to establish the structural attribute constraint.We then transform the original QAP into a linear model that is concave for maximization. This model can subsequently be solved using the Sinkhorn optimal transport algorithm, known for its enhanced efficiency and numerical stability compared to existing approaches. Experimental results on the widely used benchmark PascalVOC showcase that our algorithm achieves state-of-the-art performance with significantly improved efficiency. Source code: https://github.com/xmlyqing00/clap
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spellingShingle CLAP: Concave Linear APproximation for Quadratic Graph Matching
Liang, Yongqing
Han, Huijun
Li, Xin
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Solving point-wise feature correspondence in visual data is a fundamental problem in computer vision. A powerful model that addresses this challenge is to formulate it as graph matching, which entails solving a Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) with node-wise and edge-wise constraints. However, solving such a QAP can be both expensive and difficult due to numerous local extreme points. In this work, we introduce a novel linear model and solver designed to accelerate the computation of graph matching. Specifically, we employ a positive semi-definite matrix approximation to establish the structural attribute constraint.We then transform the original QAP into a linear model that is concave for maximization. This model can subsequently be solved using the Sinkhorn optimal transport algorithm, known for its enhanced efficiency and numerical stability compared to existing approaches. Experimental results on the widely used benchmark PascalVOC showcase that our algorithm achieves state-of-the-art performance with significantly improved efficiency. Source code: https://github.com/xmlyqing00/clap
title CLAP: Concave Linear APproximation for Quadratic Graph Matching
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.17101