Journal Pre-proof A salient object segmentation framework using diffusion-based afﬁnity learning Morteza Moradi, Farhad Bayat PII: S0957-4174(20)31092-7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.114428 Reference: ESWA 114428 To appear in: Expert Systems With Applications Received date : 22 June 2020 Revised date : 8 November 2020 Accepted date : 30 November 2020 Please cite this article as: M. Moradi and F. Bayat, A salient object segmentation framework using diffusion-based afﬁnity learning. Expert Systems With Applications (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.114428. This is a PDF ﬁle of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the deﬁnitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its ﬁnal form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd.