I am looking for someone to develop a fuzzy logic clustering algorithm to classify a given image into targets and backgrounds. The algorithm should form clusters and be trained without supervision. The clustering should be done on the basis of the statistical properties of the set of inputs. The algorithm will feature an adaptive mechanism for selecting the number of clusters, and feature an adaptive threshold.
The algorithm is to be used in an Batch Image Binarization software and must be capable of processing large images ie 10,000 x 10,000 pixels quickly. The images are of historic newspapers in poor condition and often difficult to read in the scanned greyscale images. Input images will be supplied to successful bidder and will be in Tiff (uncompressed greyscale) JPEG and JPEG2000 formats.
I am open to suggestions of what other features should be included in the algorithms
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## Platform
Windows 2000/XP