Interaction in Content-Based Image Retrieval: The Evaluation of the State-of-the-Art Review

The paper presents a panoraanic view of tile work carried ont in the last few years in the area of interactive content-based image retrieval. We define a unifying framework based on query space in which exisiting methods are described. The framework allows to evaluate methods in their proper context. An important part of the framework is a classification of different query types which helps in bridging the gap between desired functionality and efficient support in actual system. Having put methods in a common framework given way to indentify promising research directions that have not yet been sufficiently explored.