Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition: Joint IAPR International Workshop, SSPR & SPR 2008, Orlando, USA, December 4-6, 2008. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Data Complexity Analysis: Linkage between Context and Solution in Classification....Pages 1-1
Graph Classification on Dissimilarity Space Embedding....Pages 2-2
Markov Logic: A Unifying Language for Structural and Statistical Pattern Recognition....Pages 3-3
Linear Discriminant Classifier (LDC) for Streaming Data with Concept Drift....Pages 4-4
Graph Edit Distance without Correspondence from Continuous-Time Quantum Walks....Pages 5-14
Exact Median Graph Computation Via Graph Embedding....Pages 15-24
Similarity Invariant Delaunay Graph Matching....Pages 25-34
An Inexact Graph Comparison Approach in Joint Eigenspace....Pages 35-44
A Vectorial Representation for the Indexation of Structural Informations....Pages 45-54
Stochastic Text Models for Music Categorization....Pages 55-64
Efficient Pruning of Probabilistic Automata....Pages 65-75
Position Models and Language Modeling....Pages 76-85
Melody Recognition with Learned Edit Distances....Pages 86-96
Context First....Pages 97-106
Activity Representation in Crowd....Pages 107-116
3D Object Recognition Using Hyper-Graphs and Ranked Local Invariant Features....Pages 117-126
Image Matching with Spatially Variant Contrast and Offset: A Quadratic Programming Approach....Pages 127-136
Natural Versus Artificial Scene Classification by Ordering Discrete Fourier Power Spectra....Pages 137-146
Fuzzy ART for Relatively Fast Unsupervised Image Color Quantization....Pages 147-156
Recognising Facial Expressions Using Spherical Harmonics....Pages 157-166
Complex Fiedler Vectors for Shape Retrieval....Pages 167-176
Combining Shape Priors and MRF-Segmentation....Pages 177-186
Measuring the Similarity of Vector Fields Using Global Distributions....Pages 187-196
Consensus Graphs for Symmetry Plane Estimation....Pages 197-206
Graph Characteristic from the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem....Pages 207-216
Quantitative Evaluation on Heat Kernel Permutation Invariants....Pages 217-226
Hierarchical Bag of Paths for Kernel Based Shape Classification....Pages 227-236
Polytopal Graph Complexity, Matrix Permanents, and Embedding....Pages 237-246
Gesture Recognition Based on Manifold Learning....Pages 247-256
Graph Characteristics from the Ihara Zeta Function....Pages 257-266
A Learning Approach to 3D Object Representation for Classification....Pages 267-276
Region Based Visual Object Categorization Using Segment Features and Polynomial Modeling....Pages 277-286
IAM Graph Database Repository for Graph Based Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning....Pages 287-297
Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Procrustes Analysis for Enhancing the Matching of Graphs Generated from Shapes....Pages 298-307
Spectral Embedding of Feature Hypergraphs....Pages 308-317
Clustering Using Class Specific Hyper Graphs....Pages 318-328
Structure Is a Visual Class Invariant....Pages 329-338
Local Fisher Discriminant Component Hashing for Fast Nearest Neighbor Classification....Pages 339-349
Significance Tests and Statistical Inequalities for Region Matching....Pages 350-360
Advanced Homology Computation of Digital Volumes Via Cell Complexes....Pages 361-371
Modeling the Model Athlete: Automatic Coaching of Rowing Technique....Pages 372-381
Optimal Solution of the Dichromatic Model for Multispectral Photometric Invariance....Pages 382-391
Ensemble Combination for Solving the Parameter Selection Problem in Image Segmentation....Pages 392-401
Semantic Scene Classification for Image Annotation and Retrieval....Pages 402-410
Multi-angle View, Illumination and Cosmetic Facial Image Database (MaVIC) and Quantitative Analysis of Facial Appearance....Pages 411-420
Shape Representation Robust to the Sketching Order Using Distance Map and Direction Histogram....Pages 421-430
A Stochastic Approach to Median String Computation....Pages 431-440
Tracking by Hierarchical Representation of Target Structure....Pages 441-450
Using the Shape Characteristics of Rain to Identify and Remove Rain from Video....Pages 451-458
A Fast Approach to Improve Classification Performance of ECOC Classification Systems....Pages 459-468
Partially Corrective AdaBoost....Pages 469-478
Selection and Fusion of Similarity Measure Based Classifiers Using Support Vector Machines....Pages 479-488
On Mixtures of Linear SVMs for Nonlinear Classification....Pages 489-499
Adversarial Pattern Classification Using Multiple Classifiers and Randomisation....Pages 500-509
Adaptive Learning Rate for Online Linear Discriminant Classifiers....Pages 510-519
Combining Online Classification Approaches for Changing Environments....Pages 520-529
Optimal Kernel in a Class of Kernels with an Invariant Metric....Pages 530-539
Chaotic Pattern Recognition: The Spectrum of Properties of the Adachi Neural Network....Pages 540-550
On Euclidean Corrections for Non-Euclidean Dissimilarities....Pages 551-561
Feature and Classifier Selection in Class Decision Trees....Pages 562-571
Soft Feature Selection by Using a Histogram-Based Classifier....Pages 572-581
Embedded Map Projection for Dimensionality Reduction-Based Similarity Search....Pages 582-591
Novel Incremental Principal Component Analysis with Improved Performance....Pages 592-601
An Efficient Algorithm for Optimal Multilevel Thresholding of Irregularly Sampled Histograms....Pages 602-611
A Family of Cluster Validity Indexes Based on a l -Order Fuzzy OR Operator....Pages 612-621
Fast Multivariate Ordinal Type Histogram Matching....Pages 622-632
Distance between Histograms with Shuffled Cost Matrix....Pages 633-643
Using Non Local Features for 3D Shape Grouping....Pages 644-653
A Dynamic Programming Technique for Optimizing Dissimilarity-Based Classifiers....Pages 654-663
Supervised Principal Geodesic Analysis on Facial Surface Normals for Gender Classification....Pages 664-673
Exploring Margin Maximization for Biometric Score Fusion....Pages 674-683
Biometric Template Update: An Experimental Investigation on the Relationship between Update Errors and Performance Degradation in Face Verification....Pages 684-693
Automatic Mutual Nonrigid Registration of Dense Surfaces by Graphical Model Based Inference....Pages 694-704
A Novel Video Classification Method Based on Hybrid Generative/Discriminative Models....Pages 705-713
Scale-Space Kernels for Additive Modeling....Pages 714-723
Learning Curves for the Analysis of Multiple Instance Classifiers....Pages 724-733
Categorizing Perceptions of Indoor Rooms Using 3D Features....Pages 734-744
Template Selection by Editing Algorithms: A Case Study in Face Recognition....Pages 745-754
A Novel Coding Scheme for Indexing Fingerprint Patterns....Pages 755-764
A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Template Co-update in Biometric Verification Systems....Pages 765-774
A Hidden Markov Model Approach to Classify and Predict the Sign of Financial Local Trends....Pages 852-861
Local Metric Learning on Manifolds with Application to Query–Based Operations....Pages 862-873
Behavior Analysis of Volume Prototypes in High Dimensionality....Pages 874-884
Pattern Recognition Approaches for Classifying IP Flows....Pages 885-895
Evaluating the Stability of Feature Selectors That Optimize Feature Subset Cardinality....Pages 956-966
A Learning Scheme for Recognizing Sub-classes from Model Trained on Aggregate Classes....Pages 967-976
A New Solution Scheme of Unsupervised Locality Preserving Projection Method for the SSS Problem....Pages 775-781
High Occupancy Vehicle Detection....Pages 782-789
Outlier Robust Gaussian Process Classification....Pages 896-905
2D Shape Classification Using Multifractional Brownian Motion....Pages 906-916
A New Performance Evaluation Method for Two-Class Imbalanced Problems....Pages 917-925
A Pruning Rule Based on a Distance Sparse Table for Hierarchical Similarity Search Algorithms....Pages 926-936
Classification and Automatic Annotation Extension of Images Using Bayesian Network....Pages 937-946
Selection of Suitable Set of Decision Rules Using Choquet Integral....Pages 947-955
Automatic Classification of NMR Spectra by Ensembles of Local Experts....Pages 790-800
Bagging, Random Subspace Method and Biding....Pages 801-810
Use of Structured Pattern Representations for Combining Classifiers....Pages 811-820
Combination of Experts by Classifiers in Similarity Score Spaces....Pages 821-830
Improving the Performance of a NER System by Post-processing and Voting....Pages 831-841
A Low Cost Incremental Biometric Fusion Strategy for a Handheld Device....Pages 842-851
An Empirical Evaluation of Common Vector Based Classification Methods and Some Extensions....Pages 977-985
Data Complexity Analysis: Linkage between Context and Solution in Classification....Pages 986-995
Graph Classification Based on Dissimilarity Space Embedding....Pages 996-1007
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