PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS
Volume: 20, Number: 1, January 1999
Learning in a self-organising pattern formation system
T. Hogg, H. Ta/hami and D. Rees 1
A comparative study of neural network based feature extraction paradigms
B. Lemer, H. Guterman, M. Afadj'em and i. Dinstein 7
A note on adaptive 2D-H strings
Y. -1. Chang and H.-Y. Ann 15
. The use of linked line segments for cluster representation and data reduction
E.W. TyreeandJ.A. Long 21
Boundary-based comer detection using eigenvalues of covariance matrices
D.-M. Tsai, H.-T. HouandH.-J. Su 31
Ellipse detection based on symmetry
V'.Lei and K.C.Wong 41
2D object recognition based on curvature functions obtained from local histograms
of the contour chain code
A. Bandera, C. Urdiales, F. Arrebofa and F. Sandovai 49
An adaptive fuzzy C-means algorithm for image segmentation in the presence
of intensity inhomogeneities
D.L.Pham and J.L. Prince 57
Pose estimation using four corresponding points
M.L.UuandK.H.Wong 69
A syntactic approach applied to materials degradation
D. Vituiano 75
Binary text image compression using overlapping rectangular partitioning
-4. Quddus and M.M. Fahmy 81
The role of topographical constraints in face recognition
L. Wiskott 89
Neural networks and fuzzy data fusion. Application to an on-line and real time vehicle detection system
E. Jouseau and B. Dorizzi 97
Color and spatial feature for content-based image retrieval
M.S. Kankanhalli, B.M. MehtreandH. YiungHuang 109
Calls for papers 119
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PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS
Volume: 20, Number: 2, February 1999
Unsupervised fuzzy clustering
N. Zahid, 0. Abouetala, M. Urnouri and A. Essaid 123
A Coupled-ART neural network capable of modularized categorization of patterns
N.tILee 131
A contour detection method: Initialization and contour model
P.C. Yuen, G.C. FengandJ.P. Zhou 141
Analysis of gray level corner detection
Z. Zheng, H. Wang and E. Khwang Teoh 149
Planar shape recognition by directional flow-change method
P. W. Huang, S.K. Dai and P.L. Un 163
Texture classification using multiresolution Markov random field models
L Wang and J. Uu 171
A parallel algorithm of texture analysis for liquid crystal investigation
A. Sanna, B. MontrucchioandA. Sparavigna 183
Fast determination of textural periodicity using distance matching function
<3. Oh, S. Lee and S. Yong Shin 191
Robust detection of significant points in multiframe images
B. Zitova, J. Kautsky, G. Peters and J. Flusser 199
Distance-based functions for image comparison
V. Di Gesu and V. Starovoitov 207
Intelligent pattern detection and compression. An application to very low bit rate transmission
of ship wake aerial images
E. Magli and G. Ofmo 215
Nearly-lossless autoregressive image compression
0. S. Pianykh, J.M. Tyier and Ft. Shaman 221
Bayesian detection of the fovea in eye fundus angiographies
M.V. lbanez and A. Simo 229
List of referees 241
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PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS
Volume 20, Number 3, March 1999
Abstracted/indexed in: ACM Computing Reviews, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Computer Abstracts, Current Contents: Engineering, Technology & Applied Science, Engineering index/Compendex, Geographical Abstracts, INSPEC Inf ormation Services, Science Citation Index, SciSearch.
CONTENTS
Recognition of objects with skew distortion based on synergetics H. Dongliang, Q. Feihu and L. Jianfeng 255
An improvement of the NEC criterion for assessing the number of clusters in a mixture model C. Biemacki, G. Celeux and G. Govaert 267
A search technique for rule extraction from trained neural networks R. Krishnan, G. Sivakumar and P. Bhattacharya 273
One-dimensional frequency domain interpretation of compass roof edge and Frei-Chen line masks R.-H. Park 281
Decomposition of Chinese character into strokes using mathematical morphology J.W. Kirn, K.I. Kirn, B.J. Choi and H.J. Kirn 285
Construction of partitioning paths for touching handwritten characters J. Hu, D. Yu and H. Yan 293
A comparison of Gaussian and Pearson mixture modeling for pattern recognition and computer vision applications S. Medasani and R. Krishnapuram 305
Verifying edges for visual inspection purposes W.WenandA.Xia 315
Two-dimensional entropic segmentation E.D. Jansing, T.A. Albert and D.L. Chenoweth 329
Texture segmentation through eigen-analysis of the Pseudo-Wigner distribution G. Cristobal and J. Hormigo 337
Estimation of fractal dimension of images using a fixed mass approach P. Asvestas, G.K. Matsopoulos and K.S. Nikita 347
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PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS
Volume: 20, Number: 5, May 1999
CONTENTS
Motion enhancement for preprocessing of optical flow detection and scientific visualization
H. Make, L. Zhang, T. Sakurai and H. Yamada 451
Training PDMs on models: The case of deformable superellipses
M. Pilu and P.B. Fisher 463
On domain knowledge and feature selection using a support vector machine
0. Barzilay and V.L. Brailovsky 475
Unsupervised segmentation of spaceborne passive radar images
K.B. Eom 485
A simple edge-preserving filtering technique for constructing multi-resolution systems of images
C. Chen and C.-D. Wang 495
A fast and stable snake algorithm for medical images
D.J. Kang 507
Subspace classifier in the Hilbert space
K. Tsuda 513
Recognition of radiopaque markers in X-ray images using a neural network as nonlinear filter
M. Egmont-Petersen and T. Arts 521
A new approach to photometric stereo
J.R.A. Torreao 535
Landmark recognition using invariant features
B. Zitova and J. Flusser 541
Erratum 549
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PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS
VOLUME 20, NUMBER 6, JUNE 1999
CONTENTS
Korean character recognition using a TDNN and an HMM
K.C. Jung and H.J. Kirn 551
Cluster identification with parallel coordinates
S.-Y. Chou, S.-W. Lin and C.-S. Yeh 565
An MIMD algorithm for constant curvature feature extraction using curvature based data partitioning
S. Chaudhury, A. Hoy and L. Dey 573
Detecting three-dimensional rotation of an ellipsoid from its orthographic projections
R. Noumeir
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PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS
Volume 20, Number 7, July 1999
CONTENTS
An ISODATA clustering procedure for symbolic objects using a distributed genetic algorithm
T. V. Ravi and K.C. Gowda 659
A reconfigurable processor based on FPGAs for pattern recognition, processing, analysis
and synthesis of images
J. Sotdek and R. Mantiuk 667
Representation and recovery of 3D curved objects using generalized cylinders
and the extended gaussian image
X. Pan and D.M. Lane 675
Accommodating uncertainty in pixel-based verification of 3-D object hypotheses
M. Boshra and H. Zhang 689
Sequential fuzzy cluster extraction by a graph spectral method
K. Inoue and K. Urahama 699
A stochastic optimization approach for roundness measurements
M.-C. Chen, D.-M. TsaiandH.-Y. Tseng 707
Real-time head tracking from the deformation of eye contours using a piecewise affine camera
C. Colombo and A. Del Bimbo 721
A new circle/ellipse detector using genetic algorithms
P.-Y. Yin 731
Diagnosing dynamic systems using trace patterns
G.K. Palshikar and D. Khemani 741
Erratum to "An unbiased active contour algorithm for object tracking" [Pattern Recognition
Letters 19(5-6) (1998) 491-498]
C.L.LamandS.Y.Yuen 755
Erratum to "Unsupervised fuzzy clustering" [Pattern Recognition Letters 20(2) (1999) 123-129]
N. Zahid, ö. Abouelala, M. Limouri and A. Essaid 757
Announcement and call for papers 759
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PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS
Volume 20, Number 8, August 1999
CONTENTS
A neural-vision based approach to measure traffic queue parameters in real-time
M. Y. Siyal and M. Fathy 761
An MLP using Hough transform based fuzzy feature extraction for Bengali script recognition
S.SuralandP.K.Das 771
Filtering methods for texture discrimination
C.-C. Chen and C.-C. Chen 783
Recognition-based handwritten Chinese character segmentation using a probabilistic Viterbi algorithm
Y.-H. Tseng and H.-J. Lee 791
Interpretation of eight-point discrete cosine and sine transforms as 3x3 orthogonal edge masks
in terms of the Frei-Chen masks
R.-H. Park 807
Optimal linguistic decoding is a difficult computational problem
F. Casacuberta and C. de la Higuera 813
Feature selection for multiple binary classification problems
Y. Shapira and 1. Gath 823
Pattern skeletonization using run-length-wise processing for intersection distortion problem
D.X. Zhong and H. Van 833
Robust estimation of motion, structure and focal length from two views of a translating scene
F. lsgro and E. Trucco 847
Mending broken handwriting with a macrostructure analysis method to improve recognition
J. WangandH. Van 855
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PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS
VOL. 20, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 1999
Fast and robust techniques for detecting straight line segments using local models
R Shpilman and V. Brailovsky 865
Motion tracking of human mouth by generalized deformable models
S. Chan, C.W. Ngo and K.F. Lai 879
Robust motion and correspondence of noisy 3-D point sets with missing data
E. Trucco, A. Fusielio and V. Roberto 889
Histogram clustering for unsupervised segmentation and image retrieval
J. Puzicha, T. Hofmann and J.M. Buhmann 899
Applying genetic algorithms to search for the best hierarchical clustering of a dataset
J.A. Lozano and P. Larranaga 911
An adaptive segmentation and 3-D visualisation of the lungs
J. Dehmeshki 919
Robust algorithms for principal component analysis
T.-N. YangandS.-D. Wang 927
A fuzzy set-based accuracy assessment of soft classification
E. Binaghi, P.A. Brivio, P. Ghezzi and A. Rampini 935
Use of random graph parsing for scene labelling by probabilistic relaxation
M. Skomorowski 949
On strongly normal tesselations
P. Brass 957
Shrinking classification trees for bootstrap aggregation
W. Pan 961
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