International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (IJPRAI), Volume 20

Volume 20, Number 1, February 2006

Papers: Pattern Recognition

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  Charles W. Boast, Philippe C. Baveye:
  Alleviation of an indeterminacy problem affecting two classical iterative image thresholding algorithms. 1-14
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  Maria Frucci:
  Oversegmentation reduction by flooding regions and digging watershed lines. 15-38
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  P. S. Hiremath, Ajit Danti:
  Detection of multiple faces in an image using skin color information and lines-of-separability face model. 39-61

Papers: Machine Learning

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  Feng Zhang:
  Nonlinear feature extraction and dimension reduction by polygonal principal curves. 63-78

Correspondence: Image Processing

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  Der-Chyuan Lou, Jieh-Ming Shieh, Hao-Kuan Tso:
  A robust buyer-seller watermarking scheme based on DWT. 79-90

Correspondence: Speech Understanding

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  Berlin Chen:
  Voice retrieval of Mandarin broadcast news speech. 91-109

Volume 20, Number 2, March 2006

Intelligent Computing and Applications

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  Yuan Yan Tang, De-Shuang Huang:
  Editorial. 111-112
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  Hiroaki Ueda, Hideaki Kimoto, Takeshi Naraki, Kenichi Takahashi, Tetsuhiro Miyahara:
  Categorization of continuous numeric percepts by modified fuzzy art with Q-learning. 113-127
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  Fei Han, Xu-Qin Li, Michael R. Lyu, Tat-Ming Lok:
  A modified learning algorithm incorporating additional functional constraints into neural networks. 129-142
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  Kang Li, Jian Xun Peng:
  System oriented neural networks -- problem formulation, methodology and application. 143-158
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  Ming-Yi Mao, Zhi-Cheng Chen, Hua-Can He:
  A new uniform neuron model of generalized logic operators based on [a, b]. 159-171
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  Edmond HaoCun Wu, Philip L. H. Yu:
  Pattern recognition of the term structure using independent component analysis. 173-188
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  Wen-Sheng Chen, Pong Chi Yuen, Jian Huang, Bin Fang:
  Two-step single parameter regularization fisher discriminant method for face recognition. 189-207
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  Zhenyu He, Xinge You, Yuan Yan Tang, Bin Fang, Jianwei Du:
  Handwriting-based personal identification. 209-225
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  Rong-Chang Chen, Tung-Shou Chen, Chih-Chiang Lin:
  A new binary support vector system for increasing detection rate of credit card fraud. 227-239
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  Worapoj Kreesuradej, Apinya Suwanlamai:
  Document clustering with pairwise constraints. 241-254
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  Weidong Xu, Shunren Xia, Huilong Duan, Min Xiao:
  Segmentation of mass in mammograms using a novel intelligent algorithm. 255-270
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  Xing-Ming Zhao, Ji-Xiang Du, Hong-Qiang Wang, Yunping Zhu, Yixue Li:
  A new technique for selecting features from protein sequences. 271-283
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  Hee-Jeong Jin, Hwan-Gue Cho:
  Computational method for protein function prediction by constructing protein interaction network dictionary. 285-295
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  Chun-Hou Zheng, Yan Chen, Xiu-Xia Li, Yi-Xue Li, Yunping Zhu:
  Tumor classification based on independent component analysis. 297-310
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  Mingyi Wang, Huijuan Lu, Zuozhou Chen, Ping Wu:
  Mining gene expression databases for local causal relationships using a simple constraint-based algorithm. 311-327

Volume 20, Number 3, May 2006

Papers: Sensor Fusion

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  Lior Rokach, Oded Maimon, Reuven Arbel:
  Selective Voting - Getting More for Less in Sensor Fusion. 329-350

Papers: Face Recognition

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  Xuerong Chen, Zhongliang Jing:
  Infrared Face Recognition Based on Log-gabor Wavelets. 351-360

Papers: Image Analysis

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  Xinge You, Qiuhui Chen, Bin Fang, Yuan Yan Tang:
  Thinning Character Using Modulus Minima of Wavelet Transform. 361-376

Correspondence: Pattern Recognition

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  Hee-Deok Yang, Sang-Woong Lee, Seong-Whan Lee:
  Multiple Human Detection and Tracking Based on Weighted Temporal Texture Features. 377-392

Correspondence: Object Recognition

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  Feiniu Yuan, Guangxuan Liao, Weicheng Fan, Wenhui Lang, Zhengmin Liu:
  An Interactive 3d Visualization System Based on Pc Using Intel Simd, 3d Texturing and Thinning Techniques. 393-416

Correspondence: Biometrics

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  En Zhu, Jianping Yin, Guomin Zhang, Chunfeng Hu:
  A Gabor Filter Based Fingerprint Enhancement Scheme Using Average Frequency. 417-430

Correspondence: Machine Learning

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  Weixiang Liu, Nanning Zheng, Songfeng Zheng:
  Learning Sparse Mixture Models for Discriminative Classification. 431-440

Correspondence: Image Processing

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  Xiaoyu Gao, Qingshi Gao, Yue Hu, Li Li:
  A Probability-like New Fuzzy Set Theory. 441-462

Volume 20, Number 4, June 2006

Special Issue: Intelligent Mobile and Embedded Systems

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  Matthew Y. Ma, Jinhong Katherine Guo, Patrick Shen-Pei Wang:
  Editorial. 463-466
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  Maximino Bessa, António Coelho, José Bulas-Cruz, Alan Chalmers:
  Selective Presentation of Perceptually Important Information to Aid Orientation and Navigation in an Urban Environment. 467-482
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  Joulia Chapran:
  Biometric Writer Identification: Feature Analysis and Classification. 483-504
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  Sanna Kallio, Juha Kela, Panu Korpipää, Jani Mäntyjärvi:
  User Independent Gesture Interaction for Small Handheld Devices. 505-524
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  Hwei-Jen Lin, Yang-Ta Kao, Fu-Wen Yang, Patrick Shen-Pei Wang:
  Content-based Image Retrieval Trained by Adaboost for Mobile Application. 525-542
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  Takao Nakamura, Atsushi Katayama, Masashi Yamamuro, Noboru Sonehara:
  Fast Watermark Detection Scheme from Camera-captured Images on Mobile Phones. 543-564
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  Yi Wang, Houqiang Li, Xin Fan, Chang Wen Chen:
  An Attention Based Spatial Adaptation Scheme for H.264 Videos on Mobiles. 565-584
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  Daqing Zhang, Zhiwen Yu, Xiaohang Wang, Matthew Y. Ma:
  Supporting Development of Context-aware Applications Using Semantic Space Toolkit. 585-608
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  Wenyi Zhao:
  Flexible Image Blending for Image Mosaicing with Reduced Artifacts. 609-628

Volume 20, Number 5, August 2006

Special Issue: Image Processing and Computer Vision

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  Panos Liatsis:
  Editorial. 629-632
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  Maria F. Trujillo, Ebroul Izquierdo:
  Improving the Efficiency of a Least Median of Squares Schema for the Estimation of the Fundamental Matrix. 633-648
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  Burçak Otlu, Volkan Atalay, Reza Hassanpour:
  Relative Consistency of Projective Reconstructions Obtained from the Same Image Pair. 649-664
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  Jianlong Zhou, Zhiyan Wang, Klaus D. Tönnies:
  Focal Region-based Volume Rendering. 665-678
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  Rudi Deklerck, Junfeng Guo, Ioan Alexandru Salomie, Marek Suliga, Edgard Nyssen, Liu Tao, Danielle Baleriaux, Jan Cornelis:
  A Method to Construct Flat Maps of the Brain's Surface and its Application. 679-710
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  Anastasios L. Kesidis, Nikos Papamarkos:
  Exact Grayscale Image Reconstruction from Projections. 711-726
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  Frédéric Chenevière, Samia Boukir, Bertrand Vachon:
  Compression and Recognition of Spatio-temporal Sequences from Contemporary Ballet. 727-746
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  Rastislav Lukac, Pavol Galajda, Alena Galajdová:
  Lum Processor with Neural Decision. 747-762
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  Klas Nordberg, Patrick Doherty, Per-Erik Forssén, Johan Wiklund, Per Andersson:
  A Flexible Runtime System for Image Processing in a Distributed Computational Environment for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. 763-780

Volume 20, Number 6, September 2006

Special Issue: Getting Across the Border Between the Natural and the Artificial Worlds

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  Gabriella Sanniti di Baja:
  Editorial: Getting across the Border between the Natural and the Artificial Worlds. 781-784
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  Igor Aleksander, Helen Morton:
  Phenomenology in Computational Models of Consciousness. 785-796
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  Dana H. Ballard, Nathan Sprague:
  Modeling the Brain's Operating System Using Virtual Humanoids. 797-816
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  Emiliano Lorini, Cristiano Castelfranchi:
  The Unexpected Aspects of Surprise. 817-834
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  Giuseppe Boccignone, Angelo Marcelli, Paolo Napoletano, Vittorio Caggiano, Gianluca Di Fiore:
  Bayesian Propagation for Perceiving Moving Objects. 835-848
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  Michele Ceccarelli, Francesco Musacchia, Alfredo Petrosino:
  Content-based Image Retrieval by a Fuzzy Scale-space Approach. 849-868
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  Jae Young Choi, Taeg Keun Whangbo, Young-Gyu Yang, Murlikrishna Viswanathan, Nak-Bin Kim:
  Pose-expression Normalization for Face Recognition Using Connected Components Analysis. 869-882
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  Pasquale Foggia, Alessandro Limongiello, Francesco Tufano, Mario Vento:
  Learning Graphs from Examples: an Application to the Prediction of the Toxicity of Chemical Compounds. 883-896
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  Maria Frucci, Carlo Arcelli, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja:
  On the Hierarchical Assignment to the Foreground of Gray-level Image Subsets. 897-912
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  Anarta Ghosh, Nicolai Petkov:
  Effect of High Curvature Point Deletion on the Performance of Two Contour Based Shape Recognition Algorithms. 913-924
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  Heungkyu Lee, June Kim, Hanseok Ko:
  Prediction Based Occluded Multitarget Tracking Using Spatio-temporal Attention. 925-938
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  Eliseo Stefano Maini:
  Enhanced Direct Least Square Fitting of Ellipses. 939-954
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  William A. P. Smith, Edwin R. Hancock:
  Estimating Facial Albedo from a Single Image. 955-970

Volume 20, Number 7, November 2006

Papers: Pattern Recognition

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  Rinku Panchal, Brijesh K. Verma:
  Neural-association of Microcalcification Patterns for their Reliable Classification in Digital Mammography. 971-984
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  Junhao Wen, Hongyan Wu, Zhongfu Wu, Yuanyan Tang, Guanghui He:
  Clustering Algorithm Research Based on Self-organizing Feature Maps Networks. 985-1000

Papers: Data Clustering

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  Dianxun Shuai, Fangliang Xue:
  Generalized Particle Model Used for Data Clustering. 1001-1028

Papers: Speech Understanding

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  Hanseok Ko, David K. Han:
  Svm-based Phoneme Classification and Lip Shape Refinement in Real-time Lip-synch System. 1029-1052

Correspondence: Pattern Recognition

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  Jian-Huang Lai, Pong Chi Yuen:
  Face and Eye Detection from Head and Shoulder Image on Mobile Devices. 1053-1076
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  Ching-Yun Chang, Iuon-Chang Lin:
  An Efficient Progressive Image Transmission Scheme for Chinese Calligraphy. 1077-1092
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  Yijun Sun, Sinisa Todorovic, Jian Li:
  Reducing the Overfitting of Adaboost by Controlling its Data Distribution Skewness. 1093-1116

Volume 20, Number 8, December 2006

Papers: Shape Analysis

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  Boaz J. Super:
  Retrieval from Shape Databases Using Chance Probability Functions and Fixed Correspondence. 1117-1138

Papers: Pattern Recognition

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  I-Sheng Kuo, Ling-Hwei Chen:
  A High Visual Quality Sprite Generator Using Intelligent Blending without Segmentation Masks. 1139-1158

Papers: Biometrics

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  Ana Belén Moreno, Ángel Sánchez, Enrique Frías-Martínez:
  Robust Representation of 3d Faces for Recognition. 1159-1186

Papers: Medical Image Analysis

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  Antanas Verikas, Adas Gelzinis, Marija Bacauskiene, Virgilijus Uloza:
  Integrating Global and Local Analysis of Color, Texture and Geometrical Information for Categorizing Laryngeal Images. 1187-1206

Correspondence: Color Image Processing

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  Jesús Angulo:
  Morphological Color Image Simplification by Saturation-controlled Regional Levelings. 1207-1224

Correspondence: Pattern Recognition

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  Hongqun Wang, Jiaxiong Peng, Lingling Li:
  Runway Detecting and Tracking of an Unmanned Aerial Landing Vehicle Based on Vision. 1225-1244
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  Xipeng Qiu, Lide Wu:
  Nearest Neighbor Discriminant Analysis. 1245-1260
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  Syed Rahat Abbas, Muhammad Arif:
  Long Range Time Series Forecasting by Upsampling and Using Cross-correlation Based Selection of nearest Neighbor. 1261-1278