[Imageworld] FastPD: MRF Generic Optimization Library

[Nikos, Paragios]

FastPD MRF Optimization Library
http://www.csd.uoc.gr/~komod/FastPD

About the software
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The provided optimization code can be used as a tool for minimizing
the energy of a discrete Markov Random Field (MRF).
It is a demo version of FastPD, and is intended to show only part of
that algorithm's functionality.

Authors
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The optimization library was written by Nikos Komodakis (komod at csd.uoc.gr)

The Copyright
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Department of Computer Science,
University of Crete, Greece

Mathématiques Appliquées aux Systèmes (MAS),
Ecole Centrale de Paris, France

Copyright (c) 2009. All rights reserved.

Related publications
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[1]. N. Komodakis and G. Tziritas "Approximate Labeling via Graph-Cuts
Based on Linear Programming". IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and
Machine Intelligence, 2007.

[2]. N. Komodakis, G. Tziritas and N. Paragios, "Performance vs
Computational Efficiency for Optimizing Single and Dynamic MRFs: Setting
the State of the Art with Primal Dual Strategies". Computer Vision and
Image Understanding, 2008 (Special Issue on Discrete Optimization in
Computer Vision).

If you intend to use the software or results obtained with it,
both papers should be cited within your publication.

License
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THE WORK IS ONLY FOR RESEARCH AND NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. THE
OPTIMIZATION METHOD IS PROTECTED FROM SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL PENDING
PATENT APPLICATIONS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS SOFTWARE FOR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES OR LICENSING THE TECHNOLOGY, PLEASE CONTACT: ECOLE
CENTRALE DE PARIS, PROF. NIKOS PARAGIOS (nikos.paragios at ecp.fr)

Download
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To download the software, please visit the following site:
http://www.csd.uoc.gr/~komod/FastPD

-- 
Nikos Paragios, Professor      http://vision.mas.ecp.fr