Pattern Recognition
Subtitle: Concepts, Methods and Applications
By: by Joaquim P. Marques de Sá
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9783642626777; 9783642566516
Subjects: Optical pattern recognition; Engineering; Computer vision; Medical Radiology
Description: The book provides a comprehensive view of Pattern Recognition concepts and methods, illustrated with real-life applications in several areas (e.g. engineering, medicine, economy, geology). It is appropriate as a textbook of Pattern Recognition courses and also for professionals and researchers who need to apply Pattern Recognition techniques. These are explained in a unified and innovative way, with multiple examples enhancing the clarification of concepts and the application of methods. Recent results in the main Pattern Recognition areas (Statistical Classification, Neural Networks and Structural Recognition) are presented. A CD offered with the book includes datasets and software tools, making it easier for the reader to follow the taught matters in a hands-on fashion right from the start.
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Table of contents: title: Basic Notions; title: Pattern Discrimination; title: Data Clustering; title: Statistical Classification; title: Neural Networks; title: Structural Pattern Recognition; title: Appendix A - CD Datatsets; title: Appendix B - CD Tools; title: Appendix C - Orthonormal Transformation; title: Index.