Table of Contents

• Error-Tolerant Graph Matching: A Formal Framework and AlgorithmsHorst Bunke. 1-14
• Semantic Content Based Image Retrieval Using Object-Process DiagramsDov Dori, Hagit Zabrodsky Hel-Or. 15-30
• Pattern Recognition Methods in Image and Video Databases: Past, Present and FutureSameer Antani, Rangachar Kasturi, Ramesh Jain. 31-53
• Effient Matching with Invariant Local DescriptorsRoger Mohr, Patrick Gros, Cordelia Schmid. 54-71
• Torah Codes: New Experimental ProtocolsRobert M. Haralick. 72-93
• Integrating Numerical and Syntactic Learning Models for Pattern RecognitionTerry Caelli. 94-111
• Synthesis of Function-Described GraphsRené Alquézar, Alberto Sanfeliu, Francesc Serratosa. 112-121
• Marked Subgraph Isomorphism of Ordered GraphsXiaoyi Jiang, Horst Bunke. 122-131
• Distance Evaluation in Pattern Matching Based on Frontier Topological GraphGilles d Andréa. 132-139
• Syntactic Interpolation of Fractal SequencesJacques Blanc-Talon. 140-148
• Minimizing the Topological Structure of Line ImagesWalter G. Kropatsch, Mark Burge. 149-158
• Genetic Algorithms for Structural EditingRichard Myers, Edwin R. Hancock. 159-168
• The Noisy Subsequence Tree Recognition ProblemB. John Oommen, R. K. S. Loke. 169-180
• The Path-Connectedness in ::::Z:::::::2::: and ::::Z:::::::3::: and Classical TopologiesWalter G. Kropatsch, Pavel Ptak. 181-189
• Object Recognition from Large Structural LibrariesBenoit Huet, Edwin R. Hancock. 190-199
• Acquisition of 2-D Shape Models from Scenes with Overlapping Objects Using String MatchingHorst Bunke, Marcel Zumbühl. 200-209
• A Taxonomy of Occlusion in View Signature II Representations: A Regular Language for the Representation of 3-D Rigid Solid ObjectsPeter A. R. Cole. 210-219
• Skeletonizing Volume Objects Part 2: From Surface to Curve SkeletonGunilla Borgefors, Ingela Nyström, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja. 220-229
• A Survey of Non-thinning Based Vectorization MethodsWiu Liu, Dov Dori. 230-241
• A Benchmark for Raster to Vector Conversion SystemsIhsin T. Phillips, Atul K. Chhabra. 242-251
• Network-Based Recognition of Architectural SymbolsChristian Ah-Soon, Karl Tombre. 252-261
• Recovering Image Structure by Model-Based Interaction MapGeorgy L. Gimel farb. 262-271
• An Improved Scheme to Fingerprint ClassificationWeimin Huang, Jian-Kang Wu. 272-281
• Character Recognition with ::::k::::-Head Finite Array AutomataHenning Fernau, Rudolf Freund, Markus Holzer. 282-291
• Using Semantics in Matching Cursive Chinese Handwritten AnnotationsMatthew Y. Ma, Patrick Shen-Pei Wang. 292-301
• Concavity Detection Using a Binary Mask-Based ApproachJean-Michel Jolion. 302-311
• Structural Indexing of Line Pictures with Feature Generation ModelsHirobumi Nishida. 312-321
• Nonlinear Covariance for Multi-band Image DataImants D. Svalbe, Carolyn J. Evans. 322-328
• A Neural Network for Image Smoothing and SegmentationHerbert Jahn. 329-338
• Prototyping Structural Descriptions: An Inductive Learning ApproachLuigi P. Cordella, Pasquale Foggia, Roberto Genna, Mario Vento. 339-348
• Neural Network Based Learning of Local Compatibilities for Segment GroupingDenis Rivière, Jean-Francois Mangin, Jean-Marc Martinez, F. Chavand, Vincent Frouin. 349-358
• Constrained Attribute Grammars for Recognition of Multi-dimensional ObjectsGiulia Pagallo. 359-365
• Object Recognition Using Sequential Images and Application to Active VisionMasaki Onishi, Masao Izumi, Kunio Fukunaga. 366-373
• Recognizing Partially Visible 2-D Non-rigid Wire-ShapesJuan Humberto Sossa Azuela, A. E. de León-Gutierrez. 374-381
• XFF: A Simple Method to eXtract Fractural Features for 2D Object RecognitionMatteo Baldoni, Cristina Baroglio, Davide Cavagnino. 382-389
• Tracking of Rotating ObjectsGabriele Peters, Christian Eckes, Christoph von der Malsburg. 390-396
• Efficient Implementation of Regulated Morphological Operations Based on Directional Interval CodingGady Agam, Its hak Dinstein. 397-404
• Clique-to-Clique Distance Computation Using a Specific ArchitectureJoan Climent, Antoni Grau, Alberto Sanfeliu. 405-412
• Algebraic View of Grammatical InferenceAlexander S. Saidi, Souad Tayeb-bey. 413-420
• Remarks on the Notation of Coordinate GrammarsEckart Michaelsen, Uwe Stilla. 421-428
• A Structural Classifier to Automatically Identify Form ClassesPierre Héroux, Sébastien Diana, Éric Trupin, Yves Lecourtier. 429-436
• Towards Efficient Structural Analysis of Mathematical ExpressionsKam-Fai Chan, Dit-Yan Yeung. 437-444
• The Topological Consistence of Path Connectedness in Regular and Irregular StructuresHelmut Kofler. 445-452
• Content-Based Image Indexing and Retrieval: A Syntactical ApproachShoujie He, Norihiro Abe. 453-459
• Knowledge-Based Recognition of Crosshatched Areas in Engineering DrawingsSergey Ablameyko, V. Bereishik, O. Frantskevich, M. Homenko, N. Paramonova. 460-467
• Information Extraction from Document Images Using White Space and Graphics AnalysisGerd Maderlechner, Peter Suda. 468-474
• Multi-interval Discretization Methods for Decision Tree LearningPetra Perner, Sascha Trautzsch. 475-482
• Handwritten Digit Recognition through Inferring Graph Grammars. A First ApproachDamián López, José M. Sempere. 483-491
• Optical Character Recognition: Neural Network Analysis of Hand-Printed CharactersAdnan Amin, Sameer Singh. 492-499
• Structural Boundary Feature Extraction for Printed Character RecognitionJianming Hu, Donggang Yu, Hong Yan. 500-507
• Locating Segmentation Regions of Connected Handwritten DigitsJianming Hu, Hong Yan. 508-515
• Recognition of Handwritten Digits Based on their Topological and Morphological PropertiesVladimir Delevski, Srdjan Stankovic. 516-523
• Perceptual Features for Off-line Handwritten Word Recognition: A Framework for Heuristic Prediction, Representation and MatchingSriganesh Madhvanath, Venu Govindaraju. 524-531
• On Structural Modelling for Omnifont and Handwritten Character RecognitionNadeem A. Khan, Hans A. Hegt. 532-539
• Image Segmentation by Label Anisotropic DiffusionRaphaëlle Chaine, Saïda Bouakaz. 540-547
• Classifier-Independent Feature Selection For Two-Stage Feature SelectionMineichi Kudo, Jack Sklansky. 548-554
• Feature Selection For a Nonlinear ClassifierMaiko Sato, Mineichi Kudo, Jun Toyama, Masaru Shimbo. 555-563
• Regularization by Adding Redundant FeaturesMarina Skurichina, Robert P. W. Duin. 564-572
• Feature Selection Expert - User Oriented Approach: Methodology and Concept of the SystemPavel Pudil, Jana Novovicová, Petr Somol, R. Vrnata. 573-582
• Structures of the Covariance Matrices in the Classifier DesignSarunas Raudys, Ausra Saudargiene. 583-592
• Outlier Detection Using Classifier InstabilityDavid M. J. Tax, Robert P. W. Duin. 593-601
• Distribution Free Decomposition of Multivariate DataDorin Comaniciu, Peter Meer. 602-610
• Classifier Conditional Posterior ProbabilitiesRobert P. W. Duin, David M. J. Tax. 611-619
• Editing Prototypes in the Finite Sample Size Case Using Alternative NeighbourhoodsFrancesc J. Ferri, José Salvador Sánchez, Filiberto Pla. 620-629
• Image Classification Method Using Stochastic Model that Reflects the Internal Structure of MixelsAsanobu Kitamoto, Mikio Takagi. 630-639
• Nearest Neighbors in Random SubspacesTin Kam Ho. 640-648
• A Model for Non-stationary Time Series Analysis with Clustering MethodsShai Policker, Amir B. Geva. 649-657
• Robust Cluster Analysis via Mixtures of Multivariate t-DistributionsGeoffrey J. McLachlan, David Peel. 658-666
• Consistent Set Estimation in k-Dimensions: An efficient ApproachAdrish Ray Chaudhuri, Ayanendranath Basu, Subir Kumar Bhandari, B. B. Chaudhuri. 667-676
• A Statistical Theory of ShapeRikard Berthilsson. 677-686
• Accurate Detection and Characterization of Corner Points Using Circular Statistics and Fuzzy ClusteringMaría Elena Díaz, Guillermo Ayala, Jesús V. Albert, Francesc J. Ferri, Juan Domingo. 687-696
• An Approximate Nearest Neighbours Search Algorithm Based on the Extended General Spacefilling Curves HeuristicJuan Carlos Pérez-Cortes, Enrique Vidal. 697-706
• A Pretopological Approach for Pattern Classification with Reject OptionsCarl Frélicot, Hubert Emptoz. 707-715
• Optimizing the Error/Reject Trade-Off for a Multi-Expert System Using the Bayesian Combining RuleLuigi P. Cordella, Pasquale Foggia, Carlo Sansone, Francesco Tortorella, Mario Vento. 716-725
• Optimum Decision Rules in Pattern RecognitionThien M. Ha. 726-735
• On Unifying Probabilistic/Fuzzy and Possibilistic Rejection-Based ClassifiersCarl Frélicot. 736-745
• Rejection Versus Error in a Multiple Expert EnvironmentLouisa Lam, Ching Y. Suen. 746-755
• Distance Rejection in the Context of Electric Power System Security Assessment Based on Automatic LearningIsabelle Houben, Louis Wehenkel. 756-764
• On Virtually Binary Nature of Probabilistic Neural NetworksJiri Grim, Pavel Pudil. 765-774
• Linear Discriminant Analysis for Two Classes via Recursive Neural Network Reduction of the Class SeparationMayer Aladjem. 775-784
• Modified Minimum Classification Error Learning and Its Application to Neural NetworksHiroshi Shimodaira, Jun Rokui, Mitsuru Nakai. 785-794
• Applying Voting to Segmentation of MR ImagesLasse Riis Østergaard, Ole Vilhelm Larsen. 795-804
• Segmentation of Natural Images Using Hierarchical and Syntactic MethodsPaul Stefan Williams, Michael D. Alder. 805-814
• Nonlinear Variance Measures in Image DataCarolyn J. Evans, Imants D. Svalbe. 815-822
• Non-linear Mapping for Feature ExtractionPaul Scheunders, Steve De Backer, Antoine Naud. 823-830
• MDL-Based Selection of the Number of Components in Mixture Models for Pattern ClassificationHiroshi Tenmoto, Mineichi Kudo, Masaru Shimbo. 831-836
• Stepwise Selection of Perceptual Texture FramesAntoni Grau, Joan Aranda, Joan Climent. 837-844
• Pattern Classification with Noisy FeaturesM. Pawlak, D. Siu. 845-852
• Features for the Classification of Marine MicrofossilsSiegfried Brechner, Frank Ade. 853-858
• A Statistical Clustering Model and AlgorithmGuangwen Yang, Weimin Zheng, Dingxing Wang. 859-866
• BANG-Clustering: A Novel Grid-Clustering Algorithm for Huge Data SetsErich Schikuta, Martin Erhart. 867-874
• Set Partition Principles RevisitedVentzeslav Valev. 875-881
• Pattern Classification Based on Local LearningJing Peng, Bir Bhanu. 882-889
• Comparison of Different Methods for Testing the Significance of Classification EfficiencyEdgard Nyssen. 890-896
• Non-Gaussian Stochastic Model for Analysis of Automatic Detection/RecognitionPhilip B. Chapple, Derek C. Bertilone, Steven Angeli. 897-904
• Fast Median Search in Metric SpacesAlfons Juan, Enrique Vidal. 905-912
• Generalised Syntactiv Pattern Recognition as a Unifying Approach in Image AnalysisMark Venguerov, Padraig Cunningham. 913-920
• Minimal Sample Size for Grammatical Inference - A Boostrapping ApproachAna L. N. Fred, José M. N. Leitão. 921-928
• A Statistical Approach to Structure and Motion from Image FeaturesKalle Åström, Fredrik Kahl, Anders Heyden, Rikard Berthilsson. 929-936
• A Hierarchical Classifier for Multifont DigitsC. Rodríguez, Javier Muguerza, M. Navarro, A. Zárate, José Ignacio Martín, Jesús M. Pérez. 937-943
• Multi-level Arabic Handwritten Words RecognitionHousem Miled, Mohamed Cheriet, Christian Olivier. 944-951
• Mixtures of Principa; Components Gaussians for Density Estimation in High Dimension Data SpacesBernard Lemarié. 952-959
• Characterization and Classification of Printed Text in a Multiscale ContextVéronique Eglin, Stéphane Bres, Hubert Emptoz. 960-967
• Analysis of Gabor Parameters for Handwritten Numeral Recognition by Experimental DesignShunji Uchimura, Kiyoshi Mizuno, Yoshihiko Hamamoto, Shingo Tomita. 968-974
• A New Cost Function for Typewritten Digits SegmentationC. Rodríguez, Javier Muguerza, M. Navarro, A. Zárate, José Ignacio Martín, Jesús M. Pérez. 975-980
• Learning Parameters of Gibbs Random Fields Using Unconditional and Conditional MLE of PotentialsGeorgy L. Gimel farb. 981-988
• A Nonparametric Data Mapping Technique for Active Initialization of the Multilayer PerceptronAistis Raudys. 989-996
• Pattern Recognition Learning Applied to Stereovision MatchingGonzalo Pajares, Jesús Manuel de la Cruz, José A. López. 997-1004
• Human Verification Using 3D-Grey-Scale Face ImageRyutaro Ito, Kazuo Nakazawa, Masato Nakajima. 1005-1012
• Subject-Based Modular Eigenspace Scheme for Face RecognitionBailing Zhang, Minyue Fu, Hong Yan. 1013-1020
• Unsupervised Texture SegmentationMichal Haindl. 1021-1028
• Invisible Modification of the Palette Color Image Enhancing Lossless CompressionJaroslav Fojtík, Václav Hlavác. 1029-1036
• A Statistical Model for an Automatic Procedure to Compress a Word Transcription DictionaryFériel Mouria-beji. 1037-1044