Avoiding the Inherent Limitations in Datasets Used for Measuring Aesthetics When Using a Machine Learning Approach

An important topic in evolutionary art is the development of systems that can mimic the aesthetics decisions made by human begins, e.g., fitness evaluations made by humans using interactive evolution in generative art. This paper focuses on the analysis of several datasets used for aesthetic predict...

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Main Authors: Adrian Carballal, Carlos Fernandez-Lozano, Nereida Rodriguez-Fernandez, Luz Castro, Antonino Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Complexity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4659809
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description An important topic in evolutionary art is the development of systems that can mimic the aesthetics decisions made by human begins, e.g., fitness evaluations made by humans using interactive evolution in generative art. This paper focuses on the analysis of several datasets used for aesthetic prediction based on ratings from photography websites and psychological experiments. Since these datasets present problems, we proposed a new dataset that is a subset of DPChallenge.com. Subsequently, three different evaluation methods were considered, one derived from the ratings available at DPChallenge.com and two obtained under experimental conditions related to the aesthetics and quality of images. We observed different criteria in the DPChallenge.com ratings, which had more to do with the photographic quality than with the aesthetic value. Finally, we explored learning systems other than state-of-the-art ones, in order to predict these three values. The obtained results were similar to those using state-of-the-art procedures.
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spelling doaj-art-9e49ff49fe3e420f8a45a406977173672025-02-03T01:00:27ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262019-01-01201910.1155/2019/46598094659809Avoiding the Inherent Limitations in Datasets Used for Measuring Aesthetics When Using a Machine Learning ApproachAdrian Carballal0Carlos Fernandez-Lozano1Nereida Rodriguez-Fernandez2Luz Castro3Antonino Santos4Computer Science Department, Faculty of Computer Science, University of A Coruña, A Coruña 15071, SpainComputer Science Department, Faculty of Computer Science, University of A Coruña, A Coruña 15071, SpainComputer Science Department, Faculty of Communication Science, University of A Coruña, A Coruña 15071, SpainComputer Science Department, Faculty of Communication Science, University of A Coruña, A Coruña 15071, SpainComputer Science Department, Faculty of Computer Science, University of A Coruña, A Coruña 15071, SpainAn important topic in evolutionary art is the development of systems that can mimic the aesthetics decisions made by human begins, e.g., fitness evaluations made by humans using interactive evolution in generative art. This paper focuses on the analysis of several datasets used for aesthetic prediction based on ratings from photography websites and psychological experiments. Since these datasets present problems, we proposed a new dataset that is a subset of DPChallenge.com. Subsequently, three different evaluation methods were considered, one derived from the ratings available at DPChallenge.com and two obtained under experimental conditions related to the aesthetics and quality of images. We observed different criteria in the DPChallenge.com ratings, which had more to do with the photographic quality than with the aesthetic value. Finally, we explored learning systems other than state-of-the-art ones, in order to predict these three values. The obtained results were similar to those using state-of-the-art procedures.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4659809
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