Advances in Pattern Recognition: Joint IAPR International Workshops SSPR'98 and SPR'98 Sydney, Australia, August 11–13, 1998 Proceedings

Error-tolerant graph matching: A formal framework and algorithms....Pages 1-14
Semantic content based image retrieval using object-process diagrams....Pages 15-30
Pattern recognition methods in image and video databases: Past, present and future....Pages 31-53
Efficient matching with invariant local descriptors....Pages 54-71
Torah codes: New experimental protocols....Pages 72-93
Integrating numerical and syntactic learning models for pattern recognition....Pages 94-111
Synthesis of function-described graphs....Pages 112-121
Marked subgraph isomorphism of ordered graphs....Pages 122-131
Distance evaluation in pattern matching based on frontier topological graph....Pages 132-139
Syntactic interpolation of fractal sequences....Pages 140-148
Minimizing the topological structure of line images....Pages 149-158
Genetic algorithms for structural editing....Pages 159-168
The noisy subsequence tree recognition problem....Pages 169-180
The path-connectedness in Z 2 and Z 3 and classical topologies....Pages 181-189
Object recognition from large structural libraries....Pages 190-199
Acquisition of 2-D shape models from scenes with overlapping objects using string matching....Pages 200-209
A taxonomy of occlusion in view signature II representations: A regular language for the representation of 3-D rigid solid objects....Pages 210-219
Skeletonizing volume objects part II: From surface to curve skeleton....Pages 220-229
A survey of non-thinning based vectorization methods....Pages 230-241
A benchmark for Raster to vector conversion systems....Pages 242-251
Network-based recognition of architectural symbols....Pages 252-261
Recovering image structure by model-based interaction map....Pages 262-271
An improved scheme to fingerprint classification....Pages 272-281
Character recognition with k -head finite array automata....Pages 282-291
Using semantics in matching cursive Chinese handwritten annotations....Pages 292-301
Concavity detection using a binary mask-based approach....Pages 302-311
Structural indexing of line pictures with feature generation models....Pages 312-321
Nonlinear covariance for multi-band image data....Pages 322-328
A neural network for image smooothing and segmentation....Pages 329-338
Prototyping structural descriptions: An inductive learning approach....Pages 339-348
Neural network based learning of local compatibilities for segment grouping....Pages 349-358
Constrained attribute grammars for recognition of multi-dimensional objects....Pages 359-365
Object recognition using sequential images and application to active vision....Pages 366-373
Recognizing partially visible 2-D non-rigid wire-shapes....Pages 374-381
XFF: A simple method to extract fractal features for 2D object recognition....Pages 382-389
Tracking of rotating objects....Pages 390-396
Efficient implementation of regulated morphological operations based on directional interval coding....Pages 397-404
Clique-to-clique distance computation using a specific architecture....Pages 405-412
Algebraic view of grammatical inference....Pages 413-420
Remarks on the notation of coordinate grammars....Pages 421-428
A structural classifier to automatically identify form classes....Pages 429-436
Towards efficient structural analysis of mathematical expressions....Pages 437-444
The topological consistence of path connectedness in regular and irregular structures....Pages 445-452
Content-based image indexing and retrieval: A syntactical approach....Pages 453-459
Knowledge-based recognition of crosshatched areas in engineering drawings....Pages 460-467
Information extraction from document images using white space and graphics analysis....Pages 468-474
Multi-interval discretization methods for decision tree learning....Pages 475-482
Handwritten digit recognition through inferring graph grammars. A first appproach....Pages 483-491
Optical character recognition: Neural network analysis of hand-printed characters....Pages 492-499
Structural boundary feature extraction for printed character recognition....Pages 500-507
Locating segmentation regions of connected handwritten digits....Pages 508-515
Recognition on handwritten digits based on their topological and morphological properties....Pages 516-523
Perceptual features for off-line handwritten word recognition: A framework for heuristic prediction, representation and matching....Pages 524-531
On structural modelling for omnifont and handwritten character recognition....Pages 532-539
Image segmentation by label anisotropic diffusion....Pages 540-547
Classifier-independent feature selection for two-stage feature selection....Pages 548-554
Feature selection for a nonlinear classifier....Pages 555-563
Regularization by adding redundant features....Pages 564-572
Feature selection expert — User oriented approach....Pages 573-582
Structures of the covariance matrices in the classifier design....Pages 583-592
Outlier detection using classifier instability....Pages 593-601
Distribution free decomposition of multivariate data....Pages 602-610
Classifier conditional posterior probabilities....Pages 611-619
Editing prototypes in the finite sample size case using alternative neighborhoods....Pages 620-629
Image classification using a stochastic model that reflects the internal structure of mixels....Pages 630-639
Nearest neighbors in random subspaces....Pages 640-648
A model for non-stationary time series analysis with clustering methods....Pages 649-657
Robust cluster analysis via mixtures of multivariate t -distributions....Pages 658-666
Consistent set estimation in k -dimensions : An efficient approach....Pages 667-676
A statistical theory of shape....Pages 677-686
Accurate detection and characterization of corner points using circular statistics and fuzzy clustering....Pages 687-696
An approximate nearest neighbours search algorithm based on the Extended General Spacefilling Curves Heuristic....Pages 697-706
A pretopological approach for pattern classification with reject options....Pages 707-715
Optimizing the error/reject trade-off for a multi-expert system using the Bayesian combining rule....Pages 716-725
Optimum decision rules in pattern recognition....Pages 726-735
On unifying probabilistic/fuzzy and possibilistic rejection-based classifiers....Pages 736-745
Rejection versus error in a multiple experts environment....Pages 746-755
Distance rejection in the context of electric power system security assessment based on automatic learning....Pages 756-764
On virtually binary nature of probabilistic neural networks....Pages 765-774
Linear discriminant analysis for two classes via recursive neural network reduction of the class separation....Pages 775-784
Modified minimum classification error learning and its application to neural networks....Pages 785-794
Applying voting to segmentation of MR images....Pages 795-804
Segmentation of natural images using hierarchical and syntactic methods....Pages 805-814
Nonlinear variance measures in image data....Pages 815-822
Non-linear mapping for feature extraction....Pages 823-830
MDL-based selection of the number of components in mixture models for pattern classification....Pages 831-836
Stepwise selection of perceptual texture features....Pages 837-844
Pattern classification with noisy features....Pages 845-852
Features for the classification of marine microfossils....Pages 853-858
A statistical clustering model and algorithm....Pages 859-866
BANG-Clustering: A novel grid-clustering algorithm for huge data sets....Pages 867-874
Set partition principles revisited....Pages 875-881
Pattern classification based on local learning....Pages 882-889
Comparison of different methods for testing the significance of classification efficiency....Pages 890-896
Non-Gaussian stochastic model for analysis of automatic detection/recognition....Pages 897-904
Fast median search in metric spaces....Pages 905-912
Generalised syntactic pattern recognition as a unifying approach in image analysis....Pages 913-920
Minimal sample size in grammatical inference a bootstrapping approach....Pages 921-928
A statistical approach to structure and motion from image features....Pages 929-936
A hierarchical classifier for multifont digits....Pages 937-943
Multi-level arabic handwritten words recognition....Pages 944-951
Mixtures of principal components Gaussians for density estimation in high dimension data spaces....Pages 952-959
Characterization and classification of printed text in a multiscale context....Pages 960-967
Analysis of Gabor parameters for handwritten numeral recognition by experimental design....Pages 968-974
A new cost function for typewritten digits segmentation....Pages 975-980
Learning parameters of Gibbs random fields using unconditional and conditional MLE of potentials....Pages 981-988
A nonparametric data mapping technique for active initialization of the multilayer perceptron....Pages 989-996
Pattern recognition learning applied to stereovision matching....Pages 997-1004
Human verification using 3D-gray-scale face image....Pages 1005-1012
Subject-based modular eigenspace scheme for face recognition....Pages 1013-1020
Unsupervised texture segmentation....Pages 1021-1028
Invisible modification of the palette color image enhancing lossless compression....Pages 1029-1036
A statistical model for an automatic procedure to compress a word transcription dictionary....Pages 1037-1044