Anais do X SIBGRAPI (1997) #ART61


Color Image Quantization by Pairwise Clustering

Luiz Velho, IMPA
Jonas Gomes, IMPA
Marcos Vinícius Rayol Sobreiro, IMPA e PUC-Rio

Abstract. This paper presents a new quantization method for color images. It uses a local error optimization strategy to generate near optimal quantization levels. The algorithm is simple to implement and produces results that are superior than those of other popular image quantization algorithms.

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