Pattern recognition Books

This book proposes soft computing techniques for segmenting real-life images in applications such as image processing, image mining, video surveillance, and intelligent transportation systems. The book suggests hybrids deriving from three main...

This book explains efficient solutions for segmenting the intensity levels of different types of multilevel images. The authors present hybrid soft computing techniques, which have advantages over conventional soft computing solutions as they incorporate...

This book develops applications of novel generalizations of fuzzy information measures in the field of pattern recognition, medical diagnosis, multi-criteria and multi-attribute decision making and suitability in linguistic variables. The focus of this...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the field of pattern mining with evolutionary algorithms. To do so, it covers formal definitions about patterns, patterns mining, type of patterns and the usefulness of patterns in the knowledge discovery...

This book covers the key advances in computerized facial beauty analysis, with an emphasis on data-driven research and the results of quantitative experiments. It takes a big step toward practical facial beauty analysis, proposes more reliable and stable...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th IFIP WG 5.5/SOCOLNET Advanced Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, DoCEIS 2016, held in Costa de Caparica, Portugal, in April 2016. The 53 revised full papers were...

This book addresses surveillance in action-related applications, and presents novel research on military, civil and cyber surveillance from an international team of experts. The first part of the book, Surveillance of Human Features, reviews surveillance...

This book presents recent developments and research trends in the field of feature selection for data and pattern recognition, highlighting a number of latest advances.The field of feature selection is evolving constantly, providing numerous new...

This book provides a novel method for topic detection and classification in social networks. The book addresses several research and technical challenges that are currently being investigated by the research community, from the analysis of relations and...

This volume comprises a selection of works presented at the Numerical and Evolutionary Optimization (NEO 2016) workshop held in September 2016 in Tlalnepantla, Mexico. The development of powerful search and optimization techniques is of great importance...

This book describes a range of new biometric technologies, such as high-resolution fingerprint, finger-knuckle-print, multi-spectral backhand, 3D fingerprint, tongueprint, 3D ear, and multi-spectral iris technologies. Further, it introduces readers to...

This volume is about ultra high-speed cameras, which enable us to see what we normally do not see. These are objects that are moving very fast, or that we just ignore. Ultra high-speed cameras invite us to a wonderland of microseconds. There Alice (the...

This book offers readers a single-source reference to the implementation aspects of multirate systems, advances in design of comb decimation filters and multirate filter banks. The authors describe a variety of the most recent applications in fields such...

This book presents a selection of chapters, written by leading international researchers, related to the automatic analysis of gestures from still images and multi-modal RGB-Depth image sequences. It offers a comprehensive review of vision-based...

This two-volume set LNCS 9771 and LNCS 9772 constitutes - in conjunction with the volume LNAI 9773 - the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2016, held in Lanzhou, China, in August 2016.The 221 full...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining in Pattern Recognition, MLDM 2016, held in New York, NY, USA in July 2016. The 58 regular papers presented in this book were carefully...

How does one determine how similar two maps are? This book aims at the theory of spatial similarity relations and its application in automated map generalization, including the definitions, classification and features of spatial similarity relations...

This book contains extended versions of selected papers from the 3rd edition of the International Symposium CompIMAGE.These contributions include cover methods of signal and image processing and analysis to tackle problems found in medicine, material...

This book addresses the need for a unified framework describing how soft computing and machine learning techniques can be judiciously formulated and used in building efficient pattern recognition models. The text reviews both established and cutting-edge...

This book studies how technological solutions can be used to alleviate the current state of legal systems, with their clogged up courtrooms and inefficient conflict resolution methods. It reviews the shortcomings and disadvantages of traditional and...

Pattern recognition in data is a well known classical problem that falls under the ambit of data analysis. As we need to handle different data, the nature of patterns, their recognition and the types of data analyses are bound to change. Since the number...

This text covers state-of-the-art color image and video enhancement techniques. The book examines the multivariate nature of color image/video data as it pertains to contrast enhancement, color correction (equalization, harmonization, normalization,...

This bookprovides readers with a selection of high-quality chapters that cover boththeoretical concepts and practical applications of image feature detectors anddescriptors. It serves as reference for researchers and practitioners byfeaturing survey...

The two volume set LNCS 9474 and LNCS 9475 constitutesthe refereed proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on VisualComputing, ISVC 2015, held in Las Vegas, NV, USA in December 2015.The 115 revised full papers and 35 poster paperspresented in...

This unique text/reference presents a thorough introduction to the field of structural pattern recognition, with a particular focus on graph edit distance (GED). The book also provides a detailed review of a diverse selection of novel methods related to...

Describing several new biometric technologies, such as high-resolution fingerprint, finger-knuckle-print, multi-spectral backhand, 3D fingerprint, tongueprint, 3D ear, and multi-spectral iris recognition technologies, this book analyzes a number of...

This book provides a survey of the state-of-the-art in the practical implementation of Spoken Dialog Systems for applications in everyday settings. It includes contributions on key topics in situated dialog interaction from a number of leading...

This is the first book to describe how Autonomous Virtual Humans and Social Robots can interact with real people, be aware of the environment around them, and react to various situations. Researchers from around the world present the main techniques for...

This volume contains original submissions on the development and application of molecular imaging computing. The editors invited authors to submit high-quality contributions on a wide range of topics including, but not limited to:• Image Synthesis &...

The aim of the conference is to present and discuss new methods, issues and challenges encountered in all parts of the complex process of gradual development and application of digital surface models. This process covers data capture, data generation,...

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment, ACE 2013, held in Boekelo, The Netherlands, in November 2013. The 19 full paper and 16 short papers presented together...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Advances in Visual Informatics, IVIC 2013, held in Selangor, Malaysia, in November 2013. The four keynotes and 69 papers presented were carefully reviewed and...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems, ACIVS 2013, held in Poznań, Poland, in October 2013. The 63 revised full papers were carefully selected...

This volume provides a systematic in-depth analysis of nonparametric learning. It covers the theoretical limits and the asymptotical optimal algorithms and estimates, such as pattern recognition, nonparametric regression...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Workshop on Topology- and Graph-Informed Imaging Informatics, TGI3 2024, held in conjunction with the 27th International conference on Medical Image Computing and...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th workshop on Deep Generative Models for Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, DGM4MICCAI 2024, held in conjunction with the 27th International conference on Medical...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Cancer Prevention Through Early Detection, CaPTion, held in conjunction with the 27th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention,...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th IFIP TC 12 International Conference on Intelligence Science, ICIS 2024, held in Nanjing, China, in October 25-28, 2024. The 23 full papers and 2 short papers presented here were...

Computer-Assisted Diagnostics (CAD) using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model has become an important technology in the medical industry, improving the accuracy of diagnostics. However, the lack Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data leads to the...

This book constitutes the second part of the proceedings of the 15th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, ACIIDS 2023, held in Phuket, Thailand, during July 24-26, 2023.The 50 full papers included in this book were carefully...

This six-volume set of LNCS 14187, 14188, 14189, 14190, 14191 and 14192 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2021, held in San José, CA, USA, in August 2023. The...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer, Communication, and Signal Processing, ICCCSP 2023, held in Chennai, India, during January 4-6, 2023, in hybrid mode.The 17 full and 9 short papers presented...

This book discusses modelling and analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data of the human brain. For the data processing pipelines we rely on R, the software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The book is intended for readers from...

This book explores AI methodologies for the implementation of affective states in intelligent learning environments. Divided into four parts, Multimodal Affective Computing: Technologies and Applications in Learning Environments begins with an...

The book presents three studies in which eye tracking data were collected at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen in June and July 2013. Overall, the results of those three studies highlight the knowledge gained from the analysis of the very first saccade...

The three-volume sets constitute the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2022, held in Singapore, during August 6-8, 2022. The 169 full papers presented in these...

​This book focuses on a wide range of breakthroughs related to digital biometrics and forensics.  The authors introduce the concepts, techniques, methods, approaches and trends needed by cybersecurity specialists and educators for keeping current...