International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition: Proceedings of ICAPR ’98, 23–25 November 1998, Plymouth, UK

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Looking for Awareness in the Brain....Pages 3-12
Pattern Classification: Fusion of Information....Pages 13-22
Database-Retrieval Oriented Approach for Model-Based Object Recognition....Pages 23-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Combined Feature Sets for Texture Classification....Pages 35-44
Using CBR Learning for the Low-Level and High-Level Unit of an Image Interpretation System....Pages 45-54
Application of the Trace Transform to Change Detection....Pages 55-62
Using Natural Language and Video Data to Query and Learn American Football Plays....Pages 63-72
Invariant Content-Based Image Retrieval Using the Fourier-Mellin Transform....Pages 73-82
Performance Assessment of Edge-Based Range Image Segmentation....Pages 83-92
Image Variability Decomposition for Recovering Pose and Illumination from Object Tracking....Pages 93-102
On Increasing the Objectiveness of Segmentation Results....Pages 103-112
Color-Based Moment Invariants for Viewpoint and Illumination Independent Recognition of Planar Color Patterns....Pages 113-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Error and Shape Measurement Tools for Cardiac Projection Images: A Closer Look....Pages 125-134
Recent Advances Towards a Model-Based Pattern-Recognition Approach for the Left Ventricle Boundary Estimation....Pages 135-144
An Approach to Dynamic Modelling and Topographic Feature Extraction of Wake EEG....Pages 145-153
Algorithms for Fuzzy Segmentation....Pages 154-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Unsupervised Learning without Overfitting: Empirical Risk Approximation as an Induction Principle for Reliable Clustering....Pages 167-176
Application of Neural Networks to Vehicle Recognition and Tracking....Pages 177-186
An Artificial Neural Network Based Encoding of an Invariant Sammon Map for Real-Time Projection of Patterns from Odour Sensor Arrays....Pages 187-194
Probabilistic and Other Neural Nets in Multi-Hole Probe Calibration and Flow Angularity Pattern Recognition....Pages 195-205
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Beyond Paradise: Extensions to a Neural Network for Visual Object Recognition....Pages 206-215
Parallel Decomposition of Generic Morphological Structuring Elements....Pages 216-225
Neural Learning of Spiral Structures....Pages 226-231
Ranking Pattern Recognition Features for Neural Networks....Pages 232-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
A Hybrid Approach to Pattern Matching for Text-to-Speech Conversion....Pages 245-254
Robust Speech Recognition Using Fuzzy Matrix/Vector Quantisation, Neural Networks and Hidden Markov Models....Pages 255-264
An Experimental Study on Confidence Measures for Robust Speech Recognition....Pages 265-274
Refinement of a Structured Language Model....Pages 275-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
An Adaptative Pre-Processing for On-Line Hand-Written Character Recognition by Blind People....Pages 287-296
Categorizing Document Images into Script and Language Classes....Pages 297-306
Table Recognition and Labeling Using Intrinsic Layout Features....Pages 307-316
Recognition of Printed Arabic Text via Machine Learning....Pages 317-326
A Deterministic Algorithm for Reconstructing Off-Line Calligraphical Strokes with Priority Rules....Pages 327-333
Off-Line Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition Based on Structural Features and Fuzzy Artmap....Pages 334-343
Agent-Based Text Extraction from Pyramid Images....Pages 344-352
Front Matter....Pages 353-353
Vector Quantization and Minimum Description Length....Pages 355-364
Localized Soft Subspace Pattern Classification....Pages 365-374
A Quantum Leap to Advances in Pattern Recognition....Pages 375-384
A Comparative Study of String Dissimilarity Measures in Structural Clustering....Pages 385-394
Support Vector Machines and Linear Spectral Unmixing for Remote Sensing....Pages 395-404
Front Matter....Pages 353-353
Why Classical Models for Pattern Recognition are Not Pattern Recognition Models....Pages 405-414
Pattern Discovery in Time-Oriented Data....Pages 415-424
Adaptive Graphical Pattern Recognition: The Joint Role of Structure and Learning....Pages 425-432
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
Classification Using Networks of Normalized Radial Basis Functions....Pages 435-444
Pattern Recognition- a Pillar in the Sensor Fusion Edifice or Vice Versa?....Pages 445-454
Back Matter....Pages 455-470