A Survey of Image Clustering: Taxonomy and Recent Methods

Image clustering is a fundamental problem in computer vision domains. In this survey, we provide a comprehensive overview of image clustering. Specifically, we first discuss the applications of image clustering across various domains. Then, we summarize the common algorithms and propose a classification of image clustering. The existing methods are classified from four aspects: autoencoder based methods, subspace clustering, graph convolution network (GCN) based methods and some other clustering methods. We introduce the main research contents and existing problems of various image clustering methods. We also introduce some recent methods and summarize the experimental results. Based on our taxonomy and analysis, creating and verifying new methods is more straightforward. Finally, we propose the future opportunities in this fast developing field.