Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition: Joint IAPR International Workshops, SSPR 2006 and SPR 2006, Hong Kong, China, August 17-19, 2006. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Structured Output Prediction with Support Vector Machines....Pages 1-7
On the Theory and Applications of Sequence Based Estimation of Independent Binomial Random Variables....Pages 8-21
Symmetries from Uniform Space Covering in Stochastic Discrimination....Pages 22-40
Structural Inference of Sensor-Based Measurements....Pages 41-55
Bayesian Class-Matched Multinet Classifier....Pages 145-153
Bayesian Network Structure Learning by Recursive Autonomy Identification....Pages 154-162
Fast Suboptimal Algorithms for the Computation of Graph Edit Distance....Pages 163-172
A Spectral Generative Model for Graph Structure....Pages 173-181
Considerations Regarding the Minimum Spanning Tree Pyramid Segmentation Method....Pages 182-190
A Random Walk Kernel Derived from Graph Edit Distance....Pages 191-199
A Multiphase Level Set Evolution Scheme for Aerial Image Segmentation Using Multi-scale Image Geometric Analysis....Pages 56-64
Experiments on Robust Image Registration Using a Markov-Gibbs Appearance Model....Pages 65-73
Fully Automatic Segmentation of Coronary Vessel Structures in Poor Quality X-Ray Angiogram Images....Pages 74-82
Smoothing Tensor-Valued Images Using Anisotropic Geodesic Diffusion....Pages 83-91
Diffusion of Geometric Affinity for Surface Integration....Pages 92-99
Comparative Study of People Detection in Surveillance Scenes....Pages 100-108
A Class of Generalized Median Contour Problem with Exact Solution....Pages 109-117
Structural and Syntactic Techniques for Recognition of Ethiopic Characters....Pages 118-126
Context Driven Chinese String Segmentation and Recognition....Pages 127-135
Support Vector Machines for Mathematical Symbol Recognition....Pages 136-144
Edit Distance for Ordered Vector Sets: A Case of Study....Pages 200-207
Shape Retrieval Using Normalized Fourier Descriptors Based Signatures and Cyclic Dynamic Time Warping....Pages 208-216
Watermarking for 3D CAD Drawings Based on Three Components....Pages 217-225
Hierarchical Video Summarization Based on Video Structure and Highlight....Pages 226-234
Direct Curvature Scale Space in Corner Detection....Pages 235-242
Aligning Concave and Convex Shapes....Pages 243-251
Research on Iterative Closest Contour Point for Underwater Terrain-Aided Navigation....Pages 252-260
Image-Based Absolute Positioning System for Mobile Robot Navigation....Pages 261-269
An Evaluation of Three Popular Computer Vision Approaches for 3-D Face Synthesis....Pages 270-278
Optical Flow Computation with Fourth Order Partial Differential Equations....Pages 279-286
Transforming Strings to Vector Spaces Using Prototype Selection....Pages 287-296
Shape Categorization Using String Kernels....Pages 297-305
Trace Formula Analysis of Graphs....Pages 306-313
A Robust Realtime Surveillance System....Pages 314-321
Ubiquitous Intelligent Sensing System for a Smart Home....Pages 322-330
Object Recognition Using Multiresolution Trees....Pages 331-339
A Robust and Hierarchical Approach for Camera Motion Classification....Pages 340-348
Time Series Analysis of Grey Forecasting Based on Wavelet Transform and Its Prediction Applications....Pages 349-357
A Study of Touchless Fingerprint Recognition System....Pages 358-365
Development of a Block-Based Real-Time People Counting System....Pages 366-374
A Classification Approach for the Heart Sound Signals Using Hidden Markov Models....Pages 375-383
Structure Analysis Based Parking Slot Marking Recognition for Semi-automatic Parking System....Pages 384-393
A Fast and Exact Modulo-Distance Between Histograms....Pages 394-402
Using Learned Conditional Distributions as Edit Distance....Pages 403-411
An Efficient Distance Between Multi-dimensional Histograms for Comparing Images....Pages 412-421
Finding Captions in PDF-Documents for Semantic Annotations of Images....Pages 422-430
Effective Handwritten Hangul Recognition Method Based on the Hierarchical Stroke Model Matching....Pages 431-440
Graph Embedding Using Commute Time....Pages 441-449
Graph Based Multi-class Semi-supervised Learning Using Gaussian Process....Pages 450-458
Point Pattern Matching Via Spectral Geometry....Pages 459-467
Graph-Based Fast Image Segmentation....Pages 468-474
Modeling of Remote Sensing Image Content Using Attributed Relational Graphs....Pages 475-483
A Graph-Based Method for Detecting and Classifying Clusters in Mammographic Images....Pages 484-493
A Speedup Method for SVM Decision....Pages 494-501
Generalization Error of Multinomial Classifier....Pages 502-511
Combining Accuracy and Prior Sensitivity for Classifier Design Under Prior Uncertainty....Pages 512-521
Using Co-training and Self-training in Semi-supervised Multiple Classifier Systems....Pages 522-530
MRF Based Spatial Complexity for Hyperspectral Imagery Unmixing....Pages 531-540
Effectiveness of Spectral Band Selection/Extraction Techniques for Spectral Data....Pages 541-550
Edge Detection in Hyperspectral Imaging: Multivariate Statistical Approaches....Pages 551-559
Feature Over-Selection....Pages 622-631
Flexible-Hybrid Sequential Floating Search in Statistical Feature Selection....Pages 632-639
Semi-supervised PCA-Based Face Recognition Using Self-training....Pages 560-568
Facial Shadow Removal....Pages 569-577
A Sequential Monte Carlo Method for Bayesian Face Recognition....Pages 578-586
Maximum Likelihood Estimates for Object Detection Using Multiple Detectors....Pages 658-666
Confidence Based Gating of Multiple Face Authentication Experts....Pages 667-676
Outlier Detection Using Ball Descriptions with Adjustable Metric....Pages 587-595
HMM-Based Gait Recognition with Human Profiles....Pages 596-603
EM Cluster Analysis for Categorical Data....Pages 640-648
Two Entropy-Based Methods for Learning Unsupervised Gaussian Mixture Models....Pages 649-657
Maxwell Normal Distribution in a Manifold and Mahalanobis Metric....Pages 604-612
Augmented Embedding of Dissimilarity Data into (Pseudo-)Euclidean Spaces....Pages 613-621
Diversity Analysis for Ensembles of Word Sequence Recognisers....Pages 677-686
Adaptive Classifier Selection Based on Two Level Hypothesis Tests for Incremental Learning....Pages 687-695
Combining SVM and Graph Matching in a Bayesian Multiple Classifier System for Image Content Recognition....Pages 696-704
Comparison of Classifier Fusion Methods for Classification in Pattern Recognition Tasks....Pages 705-713
AUC-Based Linear Combination of Dichotomizers....Pages 714-722
Confidence Score Based Unsupervised Incremental Adaptation for OOV Words Detection....Pages 723-731
Polynomial Network Classifier with Discriminative Feature Extraction....Pages 732-740
Semi-supervised Classification with Active Query Selection....Pages 741-746
On the Use of Different Classification Rules in an Editing Task....Pages 747-754
Mono-font Cursive Arabic Text Recognition Using Speech Recognition System....Pages 755-763
From Indefinite to Positive Semi-Definite Matrices....Pages 764-772
A Multi-stage Approach for Anchor Shot Detection....Pages 773-782
Model Selection Using a Class of Kernels with an Invariant Metric....Pages 862-870
Non-Euclidean or Non-metric Measures Can Be Informative....Pages 871-880
An Improved Possibilistic C-Means Algorithm Based on Kernel Methods....Pages 783-791
Identifiability and Estimation of Probabilities from Multiple Databases with Incomplete Data and Sampling Selection....Pages 792-798
Unsupervised Image Segmentation Using a Hierarchical Clustering Selection Process....Pages 799-807
Application of a Two-Level Self Organizing Map for Korean Online Game Market Segmentation....Pages 808-816
Clustering Based on Compressed Data for Categorical and Mixed Attributes....Pages 817-825
On Optimizing Kernel-Based Fisher Discriminant Analysis Using Prototype Reduction Schemes....Pages 826-834
Sparse Covariance Estimates for High Dimensional Classification Using the Cholesky Decomposition....Pages 835-843
Generic Blind Source Separation Using Second-Order Local Statistics....Pages 844-852
Hyperspectral Data Selection from Mutual Information Between Image Bands....Pages 853-861
Merging and Arbitration Strategy Applied Bayesian Classification for Eye Location....Pages 881-888
Recognizing Face or Object from a Single Image: Linear vs. Kernel Methods on 2D Patterns....Pages 889-897
A Coupled Statistical Model for Face Shape Recovery....Pages 898-906
Analysis and Selection of Features for the Fingerprint Vitality Detection....Pages 907-915
Recognizing Facial Expressions with PCA and ICA onto Dimension of the Emotion....Pages 916-922
An Audio Copyright Protection Schemes Based on SMM in Cepstrum Domain....Pages 923-927
Combining Features to Improve Oil Spill Classification in SAR Images....Pages 928-936
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