Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications: 15th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2010, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 8-11, 2010. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Recent Advances in Kernel Machines....Pages 1-1
Design of Pattern Classifiers Using Optimum-Path Forest with Applications in Image Analysis....Pages 2-2
Vision-Based Control of Robot Motion....Pages 3-3
Soft Computing, f-Granulation and Pattern Recognition....Pages 4-4
Computational Illumination....Pages 5-5
Color Texture Analysis and Classification: An Agent Approach Based on Partially Self-avoiding Deterministic Walks....Pages 6-13
Characterizing 3D Shapes Using Fractal Dimension....Pages 14-21
Multiresolution Histogram Analysis for Color Reduction....Pages 22-29
Graph of Words Embedding for Molecular Structure-Activity Relationship Analysis....Pages 30-37
A Hypergraph Reduction Algorithm for Joint Segmentation and Classification of Satellite Image Content....Pages 38-45
A Static Video Summarization Method Based on Hierarchical Clustering....Pages 46-54
Histopathological Image Classification Using Stain Component Features on a pLSA Model....Pages 55-62
Modified Expectation Maximization Algorithm for MRI Segmentation....Pages 63-70
Generation of Synthetic Multifractal Realistic Surfaces Based on Natural Model and Lognormal Cascade: Application to MRI Classification....Pages 71-78
Content-Based Emblem Retrieval Using Zernike Moments....Pages 79-86
A New Algorithm for Training SVMs Using Approximate Minimal Enclosing Balls....Pages 87-95
A Hybrid Face Recognition Approach Using GPUMLib....Pages 96-103
Self-training for Handwritten Text Line Recognition....Pages 104-112
Improving the Dynamic Hierarchical Compact Clustering Algorithm by Using Feature Selection....Pages 113-120
Background Division, A Suitable Technique for Moving Object Detection....Pages 121-127
Concept Formation Using Incremental Gaussian Mixture Models....Pages 128-135
Integrating Phonological Knowledge in ASR Systems for Spanish Language....Pages 136-143
Inference of Restricted Stochastic Boolean GRN’s by Bayesian Error and Entropy Based Criteria....Pages 144-152
Grid Smoothing: A Graph-Based Approach....Pages 153-160
A Quality Analysis on JPEG 2000 Compressed Leukocyte Images by Means of Segmentation Algorithms....Pages 161-168
Comments on Matrix-Based Secret Sharing Scheme for Images....Pages 169-175
A Very Low Bit-Rate Minimalist Video Encoder Based on Matching Pursuits....Pages 176-183
An Unified Transition Detection Based on Bipartite Graph Matching Approach....Pages 184-192
A New Dissimilarity Measure for Trajectories with Applications in Anomaly Detection....Pages 193-201
Modelling Postures of Human Movements....Pages 202-211
Detection and Tracking of Driver’s Hands in Real Time....Pages 212-219
Speaker Verification in Noisy Environment Using Missing Feature Approach....Pages 220-227
Fast k -NN Classifier for Documents Based on a Graph Structure....Pages 228-235
Comparative Analysis between Wavelets for the Identification of Pathological Voices....Pages 236-243
Comparison of HMM and DTW for Isolated Word Recognition System of Punjabi Language....Pages 244-252
A Combination of Classifiers for the Pronominal Anaphora Resolution in Basque....Pages 253-260
Text Segmentation by Clustering Cohesion....Pages 261-268
Multiple Clues for License Plate Detection and Recognition....Pages 269-276
Non Local Image Denoising Using Image Adapted Neighborhoods....Pages 277-284
A Quantitative Evaluation of Fixed-Pattern Noise Reduction Methods in Imaging Systems....Pages 285-294
Vessel Centerline Tracking in CTA and MRA Images Using Hough Transform....Pages 295-302
Automatic Image Segmentation Optimized by Bilateral Filtering....Pages 303-310
Pansharpening of High and Medium Resolution Satellite Images Using Bilateral Filtering....Pages 311-318
Color Image Segmentation by Means of a Similarity Function....Pages 319-328
Image Segmentation Using Quadtree-Based Similarity Graph and Normalized Cut....Pages 329-337
A Genetic-Algorithm-Based Fusion System Optimization for 3D Image Interpretation....Pages 338-345
Quaternion Atomic Function Wavelet for Applications in Image Processing....Pages 346-353
A Complex Network-Based Approach for Texture Analysis....Pages 354-361
Enhancing Gabor Wavelets Using Volumetric Fractal Dimension....Pages 362-369
Comparison of Shape Descriptors for Mice Behavior Recognition....Pages 370-377
Ridge Linking Using an Adaptive Oriented Mask Applied to Plant Root Images with Thin Structures....Pages 378-385
Parameter Estimation for Ridge Detection in Images with Thin Structures....Pages 386-393
Experimental Comparison of Orthogonal Moments as Feature Extraction Methods for Character Recognition....Pages 394-401
Improving Face Segmentation in Thermograms Using Image Signatures....Pages 402-409
On Combining Local DCT with Preprocessing Sequence for Face Recognition under Varying Lighting Conditions....Pages 410-417
On Improving Dissimilarity-Based Classifications Using a Statistical Similarity Measure....Pages 418-425
A Rotation Invariant Face Recognition Method Based on Complex Network....Pages 426-433
Illumination Invariant Face Image Representation Using Quaternions....Pages 434-441
A Contrario Detection of False Matches in Iris Recognition....Pages 442-449
A Functional Density-Based Nonparametric Approach for Statistical Calibration....Pages 450-457
Feature Extraction Using Circular Statistics Applied to Volcano Monitoring....Pages 458-466
Improving the Accuracy of the Optimum-Path Forest Supervised Classifier for Large Datasets....Pages 467-475
Assessment of a Modified Version of the EM Algorithm for Remote Sensing Data Classification....Pages 476-483
A Sequential Minimal Optimization Algorithm for the All-Distances Support Vector Machine....Pages 484-491
Aerosol Optical Thickness Retrieval from Satellite Observation Using Support Vector Regression....Pages 492-499
An Overproduce-and-Choose Strategy to Create Classifier Ensembles with Tuned SVM Parameters Applied to Real-World Fault Diagnosis....Pages 500-508
Multi-Objective Semi-Supervised Feature Selection and Model Selection Based on Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient....Pages 509-516
Introducing ROC Curves as Error Measure Functions: A New Approach to Train ANN-Based Biomedical Data Classifiers....Pages 517-524
Partition Selection Approach for Hierarchical Clustering Based on Clustering Ensemble....Pages 525-532
The Imbalanced Problem in Morphological Galaxy Classification....Pages 533-540
Exploiting Contextual Information for Image Re-ranking....Pages 541-548
Assessing the Role of Spatial Relations for the Object Recognition Task....Pages 549-556
Automatic Representation of Semantic Abstraction of Geographical Data by Means of Classification....Pages 557-568
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