基于解耦对比注意力的图像聚类算法研究
Research on Image Clustering Algorithm Based on Decoupled Contrastive Attention
摘要: 针对深度聚类中图像特征判别力不足、复杂背景干扰以及传统对比损失函数存在的正负耦合效应导致优化效率低下等问题，提出一种鲁棒且高效的图像聚类方法——解耦对比注意力聚类网络(DCACN)。首先，采用多裁剪数据增强策略，融合全局语义视图与局部细节视图来捕捉图像的多尺度不变性特征。然后，在ResNet-34骨干网络中无缝集成卷积块注意力模块，进而利用通道和空间注意力机制引导网络聚焦前景主体并抑制背景噪声。最后，引入解耦对比学习模块，消除正负样本间的梯度耦合来提升训练效率。在ImageNet-10、CIFAR-10和STL-10数据集上的实验结果表明，DCACN的聚类准确率分别达到了0.935、0.918和0.876，显著优于其他主流算法。
Abstract: To address issues such as insufficient discriminative power of image features in deep clustering, interference from complex backgrounds, and the inefficiency of optimization caused by positive-negative coupling effects in traditional contrastive loss functions, a robust and efficient image clustering method—Decoupled Contrastive Attention Clustering Network (DCACN)—is proposed. First, a multi-crop data augmentation strategy is employed to integrate global semantic views and local detail views, capturing multi-scale invariant features of images. Then, the Convolutional Block Attention Module is seamlessly integrated into the ResNet-34 backbone network, utilizing channel and spatial attention mechanisms to guide the network in focusing on foreground subjects while suppressing background noise. Finally, a decoupled contrastive learning module is introduced to eliminate gradient coupling between positive and negative samples, thereby improving training efficiency. Experimental results on ImageNet-10, CIFAR-10, and STL-10 datasets demonstrate that DCACN achieves clustering accuracies of 0.935, 0.918, and 0.876, significantly outperforming other mainstream algorithms.
文章引用：周佳成, 胡文军. 基于解耦对比注意力的图像聚类算法研究[J]. 计算机科学与应用, 2026, 16(2): 65-75. https://doi.org/10.12677/csa.2026.162039

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