Locality Preserving Markovian Transition for Instance Retrieval

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Hauptverfasser: Luo, Jifei, Wu, Wenzheng, Yao, Hantao, Yu, Lu, Xu, Changsheng
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author Luo, Jifei
Wu, Wenzheng
Yao, Hantao
Yu, Lu
Xu, Changsheng
author_facet Luo, Jifei
Wu, Wenzheng
Yao, Hantao
Yu, Lu
Xu, Changsheng
contents Diffusion-based re-ranking methods are effective in modeling the data manifolds through similarity propagation in affinity graphs. However, positive signals tend to diminish over several steps away from the source, reducing discriminative power beyond local regions. To address this issue, we introduce the Locality Preserving Markovian Transition (LPMT) framework, which employs a long-term thermodynamic transition process with multiple states for accurate manifold distance measurement. The proposed LPMT first integrates diffusion processes across separate graphs using Bidirectional Collaborative Diffusion (BCD) to establish strong similarity relationships. Afterwards, Locality State Embedding (LSE) encodes each instance into a distribution for enhanced local consistency. These distributions are interconnected via the Thermodynamic Markovian Transition (TMT) process, enabling efficient global retrieval while maintaining local effectiveness. Experimental results across diverse tasks confirm the effectiveness of LPMT for instance retrieval.
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spellingShingle Locality Preserving Markovian Transition for Instance Retrieval
Luo, Jifei
Wu, Wenzheng
Yao, Hantao
Yu, Lu
Xu, Changsheng
Machine Learning
Diffusion-based re-ranking methods are effective in modeling the data manifolds through similarity propagation in affinity graphs. However, positive signals tend to diminish over several steps away from the source, reducing discriminative power beyond local regions. To address this issue, we introduce the Locality Preserving Markovian Transition (LPMT) framework, which employs a long-term thermodynamic transition process with multiple states for accurate manifold distance measurement. The proposed LPMT first integrates diffusion processes across separate graphs using Bidirectional Collaborative Diffusion (BCD) to establish strong similarity relationships. Afterwards, Locality State Embedding (LSE) encodes each instance into a distribution for enhanced local consistency. These distributions are interconnected via the Thermodynamic Markovian Transition (TMT) process, enabling efficient global retrieval while maintaining local effectiveness. Experimental results across diverse tasks confirm the effectiveness of LPMT for instance retrieval.
title Locality Preserving Markovian Transition for Instance Retrieval
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05196