Image Clustering using Fuzzy-based Firefly Algorithm

Firefly algorithm is a swarm-based algorithm that can be used for solving optimization problems. In this paper, we focus on image clustering algorithm using the fuzzy set of possible solution is incorporated into the original firefly to improve the performance. The movement of the firefly still follows the original pattern but they are updated according fuzzy c-means algorithm. All method, k-means, fuzzy c-means and our algorithm have been run for 100 times on 7 images, evaluated by the compactness. The experimental results showed that the proposed algorithm surpasses both the base-line technique kmeans clustering and original fuzzy c-mean. Keywords— Nature-inspired Algorithm; Firefly Algorithm; Fuzzy cmeans; Image Clustering; Optimization;