International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (IJPRAI), Volume 22

Volume 22, Number 1, February 2008

Special Issue: Learning Under Uncertain Environment and Its Application to Pattern Recognition

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  Xizhao Wang, Yuanyan Tang, Daniel S. Yeung:
  Editorial. 1-2
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  Guosheng Yang, Huanlong Zhang:
  Optimal Image Multiscale Mosaic Method Based on Fuzzy Integral. 3-15
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  Fa-Chao Li, Chenxia Jin, Panxiang Yue:
  Operation for a New Kind of Fuzzy Genetic Algorithm Based on the Transformation of the Principle Index. 17-32
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  Mingsheng Liu, Hui Liu, Jianwu Zheng:
  A Strategy for Securing APDU Transmission. 33-54
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  Yuping Lu, Min Yu, Loi Lei Lai, Xia Lin:
  A New Fuzzy Neural Network Strategy of insulators Contamination Detection for Power System Transmission Line. 55-64
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  Feng Jin, Shiji Song, Cheng Wu:
  A Simulated Annealing Based Beam Search Algorithm for the Flow-Shop Scheduling Problem. 65-75
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  Minghu Ha, Xuedong Tian:
  An Improved Algorithm of Optical Formula Extraction with Fuzzy Classification. 77-93
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  Qing He, Xiu-Rong Zhao, Zhongzhi Shi:
  Minimal Consistent Subset for Hyper Surface Classification Method. 95-108
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  Xizhao Wang, Shu-Xia Lu, Jun-Hai Zhai:
  Fast Fuzzy Multicategory SVM Based on Support Vector Domain Description. 109-120
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  Wing W. Y. Ng, Daniel S. Yeung, Eric C. C. Tsang:
  The Localized Generalization Error Model for Single Layer Perceptron Neural Network and Sigmoid Support Vector Machine. 121-135
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  Aki P. F. Chan, Patrick P. K. Chan, Wing W. Y. Ng, Eric C. C. Tsang, Daniel S. Yeung:
  A Novel Feature Grouping Method for Ensemble Neural Network Using Localized Generalization Error Model. 137-151
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  Qingcai Chen, Xiaolong Wang, Pengfei Su, Yi Yao:
  Auto Adapted English Pronunciation Evaluation: a Fuzzy Integral Approach. 153-168
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  Jiao-Min Liu, Jing-Hong Wang:
  Parameters Optimize Method Based on Genetic and Simulated Annealing Algorithms. 169-181
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  Jinzhuang Xiao, Hongrui Wang, Hongbin Wang:
  Knowledge Based Robotic Control against Saturation of Actuators Owing to Fuzzy Rules. 183-194
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  Weimin Ma, Shao-Hua Tang, Ke Wang:
  Competitive Analysis for the Most Reliable Path Problem with Online and Fuzzy Uncertainties. 195-206

Volume 22, Number 2, March 2008

Papers: Pattern Recognition

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  Jan Rendek, Laurent Wendling:
  On Determining Suitable Subsets of Decision Rules Using Choquet Integral. 207-232
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  Yo-Ping Huang, Tsun-Wei Chang, Yen-Ren Chen, Frode Eika Sandnes:
  A Back Propagation Based Real-Time License Plate Recognition System. 233-251

Papers: Machine Learning

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  Hanen Borchani, Nahla Ben Amor, Fédia Khalfallah:
  Learning and Evaluating Bayesian Network Equivalence Classes from Incomplete Data. 253-278

Papers: Computer Vision

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  Huiyu Zhou, Xuelong Li, Tangwei Liu, Faquan Lin, Yusheng Pang, Ji Wu, Junyu Dong, Jiahua Wu:
  Recovery of Nonrigid Structures from 2D Observations. 279-294

Correspondence: Pattern Recognition

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  Mayy M. Al-Tahrawi, Raed Abu Zitar:
  Polynomial Networks versus Other Techniques in Text Categorization. 295-322
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  Frank Y. Shih, Gang Fu:
  Decision Combination of Multiple Classifiers. 323-334
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  Frank Y. Shih, Yan-Yu Fu:
  Approximate Image Quality Measure in Low-Dimensional Domain Based on Random Projection. 335-345

Correspondence: Fingerprint Classification

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  Li-min Liu, Ching-Yu Huang, D. C. Douglas Hung:
  A Directional Approach to Fingerprint Classification. 347-365

Volume 22, Number 3, May 2008

Special Issue: Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence in Biometrics

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  Svetlana N. Yanushkevich, David Hurley, Patrick S. P. Wang:
  Editorial. 367-369
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  P. S. Hiremath, C. J. Prabhakar:
  Symbolic Factorial Discriminant Analysis for Illumination Invariant Face Recognition. 371-387
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  Sang-Woong Lee, Patrick S. P. Wang, Svetlana N. Yanushkevich, Seong-Whan Lee:
  Noniterative 3D Face Reconstruction Based on Photometric Stereo. 389-410
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  Joanna Rokita, Adam Krzyzak, Ching Y. Suen:
  Multimodal Biometrics by Face and Hand Images Taken by a Cell Phone Camera. 411-429
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  Nidal S. Kamel, Md Shohel Sayeed:
  Svd-Based Signature Verification Technique Using Data Glove. 431-443
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  Frank Y. Shih, Chao-Fa Chuang, Patrick S. P. Wang:
  Performance Comparisons of Facial Expression Recognition in Jaffe Database. 445-459
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  Akif Nazar, Issa Traoré, Ahmed Awad E. Ahmed:
  Inverse Biometrics for mouse Dynamics. 461-495
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  Jaeseok Yun, Gregory D. Abowd, Jeha Ryu, Woontack Woo:
  User Identification with User's Stepping Pattern over the ubiFloorII. 497-514
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  Frank Y. Shih, Shouxian Cheng, Chao-Fa Chuang, Patrick S. P. Wang:
  Extracting Faces and Facial Features from Color Images. 515-534
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  Sargur N. Srihari, Harish Srinivasan:
  Comparison of ROC and Likelihood Decision Methods in Automatic Fingerprint Verification. 535-553
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  Yuan Luo, Marina L. Gavrilova, Patrick S. P. Wang:
  Facial Metamorphosis Using Geometrical Methods for Biometric Applications. 555-584
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  Adem Alpaslan Altun, Hasan Erdinc Kocer, Novruz Allahverdi:
  Genetic Algorithm Based Feature Selection Level Fusion Using Fingerprint and Iris Biometrics. 585-600
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  Jen-Feng Wang, Chen-Liang Lin, Chen-Wen Yen, Yung-Hsien Chang, Teng-Yi Chen, Kuan-Pin Su, Mark L. Nagurka:
  Determining the Association between dermatoglyphics and Schizophrenia by Using Fingerprint Asymmetry Measures. 601-616
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  Xinhua Feng, Xiaoqing Ding, Youshou Wu, Patrick S. P. Wang:
  Classifier Combination and its Application in Iris Recognition. 617-638

Volume 22, Number 4, June 2008

Papers: Computer Vision

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  Ales Stimec, Matjaz Jogan, Ales Leonardis:
  Unsupervised Learning of a Hierarchy of Topological Maps Using Omnidirectional Images. 639-665

Papers: Machine Learning

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  Tianhao Zhang, Xuelong Li, Dacheng Tao, Jie Yang:
  Local Coordinates Alignment (LCA): a Novel Manifold Learning Approach. 667-690

Papers: Document Analysis

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  Panagiotis Saragiotis, Nikos Papamarkos:
  Local Skew Correction in Documents. 691-710

Papers: Shape Analysis

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  Yo-Ping Huang, Tsun-Wei Chang, Frode Eika Sandnes:
  Efficient Shape-Based Image Retrieval Based on Gray Relational Analysis and Association Rules. 711-732
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  Xiang Bai, Xingwei Yang, Deguang Yu, Longin Jan Latecki:
  Skeleton-Based Shape Classification Using Path Similarity. 733-746

Correspondence: Pattern Recognition

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  Yuehui Chen, Feng Chen, Jack Y. Yang, Mary Qu Yang:
  Ensemble Voting System for Multiclass protein fold Recognition. 747-763

Correspondence: Image Processing

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  Tienwei Tsai, Yo-Ping Huang, Te-Wei Chiang:
  A Fast Two-Stage Content-Based Image Retrieval Approach in the DCT Domain. 765-781
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  Cheng-Yuan Tang, Hong-Long Chou, Yi-Leh Wu, Yan-Hung Ding:
  Robust Fundamental Matrix Estimation Using Coplanar Constraints. 783-805

Volume 22, Number 5, August 2008

Special Issue: New Trends in Artificial Vision and Artificial Intelligence

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  Massimo De Gregorio, Maria Frucci:
  Editorial. 807-810
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  Giuseppe Boccignone, Paolo Napoletano, Mario Ferraro:
  Embedding Diffusion in Variational Bayes: a Technique for Segmenting Images. 811-827
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  Maria Frucci, Petra Perner, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja:
  Case-Based-Reasoning for Image Segmentation. 829-842
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  Pasquale Foggia, Gennaro Percannella, Carlo Sansone, Mario Vento:
  A Graph-Based Algorithm for Cluster Detection. 843-860
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  Albert L. Rothenstein, Antonio Jose Rodríguez-Sánchez, Evgueni Simine, John K. Tsotsos:
  Visual Feature Binding within the Selective Tuning Attention Framework. 861-881
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  Daniel Oberhoff, Marina Kolesnik:
  Neural Object Recognition by Hierarchical Appearance Learning. 883-897
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  Bogdan Raducanu, Jordi Vitrià:
  Face Recognition by Artificial Vision Systems: a Cognitive Perspective. 899-913
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  Lucia Maddalena, Alfredo Petrosino, Alessio Ferone:
  Object Motion Detection and Tracking by an Artificial Intelligence Approach. 915-928
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  Naoya Ohnishi, Atsushi Imiya:
  Independent Components of Optical Flow in a Multiresolution Image Sequence. 929-944
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  Aamir Saeed Malik, Tae-Sun Choi:
  Effect of Noise and Source Illumination on 3D Shape Recovery. 945-958
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  José del R. Millán, Pierre W. Ferrez, Ferran Galán, Eileen Lew, Ricardo Chavarriaga:
  Non-Invasive Brain-Machine Interaction. 959-972
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  Cenk Sahin, Seyfettin Noyan Ogulata, Kezban Aslan, Hacer Bozdemir, Rizvan Erol:
  A Neural Network-Based Classification Model for Partial Epilepsy by EEG Signals. 973-985
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  Ernesto Burattini, Silvia Rossi:
  Periodic Adaptive Activation of Behaviors in Robotic Systems. 987-999
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  Paolo Coraggio, Massimo De Gregorio, Manolo Forastiere:
  Robot Navigation Based on Neurosymbolic Reasoning over Landmarks. 1001-1014
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  Ruben Coen Cagli, Paolo Coraggio, Paolo Napoletano, Giuseppe Boccignone:
  What the Draughtsman's Hand Tells the Draughtsman's Eye: a Sensorimotor Account of Drawing. 1015-1029
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  Priscila Machado Vieira Lima, M. Mariela Morveli-Espinoza, Glaucia C. Pereira, Talita O. Ferreira, Felipe Maia Galvão França:
  Logical Reasoning via Satisfiability Mapped into Energy Functions. 1031-1043
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  Oliviero Stock, Carlo Strapparava, Alessandro Valitutti:
  Ironic Expressions and Moving Words. 1045-1057
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  Antonio Calabrese, Francesco Mele, Antonio Sorgente, Oliviero Talamo, Carlo Coppola:
  Three Conceptual Levels for the Artifacts Design. 1059-1072
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  Anna Esposito, Vojtech Stejskal, Zdenek Smékal:
  Cognitive Role of Speech Pauses and Algorithmic Considerations for their Processing. 1073-1088

Volume 22, Number 6, September 2008

Papers: Pattern Recognition

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  Matías A. Bustos, Manuel A. Duarte-Mermoud, Nicolás H. Beltrán:
  Nonlinear Feature Extraction Using Fisher Criterion. 1089-1119
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  Liangxiao Jiang, Dianhong Wang, Harry Zhang, Zhihua Cai, Bo Huang:
  Using Instance cloning to Improve Naive Bayes for Ranking. 1121-1140

Papers: Computer Vision

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  Jwu-Sheng Hu, Tzung-Min Su:
  Flexible 3D Object Recognition Framework Using 2D Views via a Similarity-Based Aspect-Graph Approach. 1141-1169
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  Sang-Woong Lee, Seonghoon Kang, Seong-Whan Lee:
  A Walking Guidance System for the Visually Impaired. 1171-1186
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  Costas Panagiotakis, Emmanuel Ramasso, Georgios Tziritas, Michèle Rombaut, Denis Pellerin:
  Shape-Based Individual/Group Detection for Sport Videos Categorization. 1187-1213

Papers: Image Processing

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  Yu-Jie Chang, Ran-Zan Wang, Ja-Chen Lin:
  Hiding Images Using Modified Search-Order Coding and Modulus Function. 1215-1240

Correspondence: Pattern Recognition

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  Waldemar Bonventi Jr., Anna Helena Reali Costa:
  Hybrid and Incremental Fuzzy Learning for Human Skin Detection. 1241-1265

Correspondence: Computer Vision

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  Biswajit Sarkar:
  An Efficient Method for Near-Optimal Polygonal Approximation Based on Differential Evolution. 1267-1281

Volume 22, Number 7, November 2008

Papers: Pattern Recognition

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  Qubo You, Nanning Zheng, Ling Gao, Shaoyi Du, Yang Wu:
  Analysis of Solution for Supervised Graph Embedding. 1283-1299

Papers: Document Analysis

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  Roman Bertolami, Horst Bunke:
  Integration of n-Gram Language Models in Multiple Classifier Systems for Offline Handwritten Text Line Recognition. 1301-1321
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  Saeed Mozaffari, Karim Faez, Volker Märgner, Haikal El Abed:
  Two-Stage Lexicon Reduction for Offline Arabic Handwritten Word Recognition. 1323-1341

Papers: Human Activity Analysis

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  Kris Makoto Kitani, Yoichi Sato, Akihiro Sugimoto:
  Recognizing Overlapped Human Activities from a Sequence of Primitive Actions via Deleted Interpolation. 1343-1362

Papers: Image Analysis

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  R. Mukundan:
  Fast Computation of Geometric Moments and Invariants Using Schlick's Approximation. 1363-1377

Papers: Computer Vision

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  Liang Wang, Hongxun Yao, Heng-Da Cheng:
  Effective and Automatic Calibration Using Concentric Circles. 1379-1401

Papers: Image Segmentation

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  Wen-Feng Kuo, Chi-Yuan Lin, Yung-Nien Sun:
  Region Similarity Relationship between Watershed and penalized Fuzzy Hopfield Neural Network Algorithms for Brain Image Segmentation. 1403-1425

Papers: Biometrics

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  Chengyuan Zhang, Qiuqi Ruan, Yi Jin:
  Fusing Global and Local Complete Linear Discriminant Features by Fuzzy Integral for Face Recognition. 1427-1445

Correspondence: Artificial Intelligence

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  Xiaoyu Gao, Yue Hu, L. Li, Qingshi Gao:
  Semantic-Parsing Based on Semantic Units Theory - a New Approach to Natural Languages Processing. 1447-1459

Volume 22, Number 8, December 2008

Papers: Pattern Recognition

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  George A. Papakostas, Yiannis S. Boutalis, Dimitris E. Koulouriotis, Basil G. Mertzios:
  Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Pattern Recognition Applications. 1461-1486

Papers: Image Recognition

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  Chia-Jen Wang, Shwu-Huey Yen, Patrick S. P. Wang:
  A Multimedia Watermarking Technique Based on SVMS. 1487-1511

Papers: Clustering

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  Roelof K. Brouwer:
  Clustering Quality Measures Based on Comparing the Proximity Matrices for the Membership Vectors and the Objects. 1513-1538

Papers: Computer Vision

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  Francesc Serratosa, Gerard Sanroma:
  A Fast Approximation of the Earth-Movers Distance between Multidimensional Histograms. 1539-1558
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  Na Lu, Zuren Feng:
  Accumulative Intersection Space Based corner Detection Algorithm. 1559-1586

Papers: Pattern Classification

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  Weixiang Liu, Kehong Yuan, Jian Wu, Datian Ye, Zhen Ji, Siping Chen:
  Combining Generalized NMF and Discriminative Mixture Models for Classification of Gene Expression Data. 1587-1598

Papers: Document Analysis

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  Chu-Hsing Lin, Yu-Ying Lin, Frode Eika Sandnes:
  Integrity Protection of Binary Text Document Images Based on Image Topologies. 1599-1620

Papers: Human Activity Analysis

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  Kris Makoto Kitani, Yoichi Sato, Akihiro Sugimoto:
  Recovering the Basic Structure of Human Activities from Noisy Video-Based Symbol Strings. 1621-1646

Correspondence: Facial Image Analysis

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  Fei Ni, Zhuang Fu, Qixin Cao, Yanzheng Zhao:
  A New Method for Facial Features Quantification of Caricature Based on Self-Reference Model. 1647-1668