Shao-Chuan Wang Computer Science Columbia University sw2644 AT columbia DOT edu A Visual Information Retrieval System. EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT ===================================== The codes were tested under MacOS, but should be also working under Linux system. HOW TO INSTALL? ===================================== You need python 2.5.1 (or newer version) and numpy 1.5.1 (or newer), scipy 0.7.0, matplotlib 1.0.1, python image library 1.1.7 and cython 0.13 (or newer). Building by executing the script. $ sh install.sh HOW TO RUN? ===================================== 1. Executing the visual information retrieval using color $ python main.py color 2. Executing the visual information retrieval using texture $ python main.py texture 3. Executing the visual information retrieval using both color and texture $ python main.py color texture 4. Plotting the scatter plot. $ python main.py scatter