Color image segmentation using multilevel thresholding-cooperative bacterial foraging algorithm

Multilevel thresholding is of great importance in the fields of image segmentation techniques. This paper proposes multilevel thresholding for color image segmentation using cooperative bacterial foraging algorithm (CBFA), which combined bacterial chemo taxis, cell-to-cell communication, and an adaptive foraging mechanism to extend original bacterial foraging algorithm. The superiority of the proposed algorithm can reach a higher quality adequate segmentation and reduce the CPU processing time, which is demonstrated by comparing with other algorithm.