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Human action recognition: a framework of statistical weighted segmentation and rank correlation-based selection

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Human action recognition from a video sequence has received much attention lately in the field of computer vision due to its range of applications in surveillance, healthcare, smart homes, tele-immersion, to name but a few. However, it is still facing several challenges such as human variations, occlusion, change in illumination, complex background. In this article, we consider the problems related to multiple human detection and classification using novel statistical weighted segmentation and rank correlation-based feature selection approach. Initially, preprocessing is performed on a set of frames to remove existing noise and to make the foreground maximal differentiable compared to the background. A novel weighted segmentation method is also introduced for human extraction prior to feature extraction. Ternary features are exploited including color, shape, and texture, which are later combined using serial-based features fusion method. To avoid redundancy, rank correlation-based feature selection technique is employed, which acts as a feature optimizer and leads to improved classification accuracy. The proposed method is validated on six datasets including Weizmann, KTH, Muhavi, WVU, UCF sports, and MSR action and validated based on seven performance measures. A fair comparison with existing work is also provided which proves the significance of proposed compared to other techniques.

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The authors would like to thank HEC Startup Research Grant Program (SRGP) Pakistan (Project# 1307).

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  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, HITEC University, Museum Road, Taxila, Pakistan

    Muhammad Attique Khan

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus, Wah Cantt, Pakistan

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MS generated this idea and developed a classification design and also identified the sole application. MAK performed the simulations by developing different patches of code with full integration. He is also responsible for this complete write-up. Different accuracy criteria are finalized and also simulated by this author. MF and JHS have given a complete shape to this article and identified several issues and helped the primary authors to overcome all those shortcomings. TS is responsible for the final proofreading along with the technical support in the classification step due to her research major. AR provided technical support in different sections which include feature extraction and fusion along with the issues raised in the development of selection approach. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Sharif, M., Khan, M.A., Zahid, F. et al. Human action recognition: a framework of statistical weighted segmentation and rank correlation-based selection. Pattern Anal Applic 23, 281–294 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10044-019-00789-0

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