Progress in Pattern Recognition, Speech and Image Analysis : 8th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2003, Havana, Cuba, November 26-29, 2003 - Proceedings

by Sanfeliu, Alberto; Ruiz-Shulcloper, Jose

• ISBN13: 9783540205906
• ISBN10: 354020590X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-15
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2003, held in Havana, Cuba, in November 2003. The 82 revised full papers presented together with two invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 140 submissions. All current issues in pattern recognition, image processing, and computer vision are addressed as well as applications in domains like robotics, health, entertainment, space exploration, telecommunications, speech processing, data analysis, document recognition, etc.

Table of Contents

Neurons, Dendrites, and Pattern Classification	1	(16)
G.X. Ritter, L. Iancu, G. Urcid
Robot Vision for Autonomous Object Learning and Tracking	17	(12)
A. Sanfeliu
Graduated Scale Inspection Using Computer Vision	29	(9)
B. Valera, S. Padilla, G. Chávez, V. Garcia Garduño
Vision System for Subpixel Laser Stripe Profile Extraction with Real Time Operation	38	(8)
U. Martinez, B. Valera, J. Sánchez, V. Garcia
Multi-channel Reconstruction of Video Sequences from Low-Resolution and Compressed Observations	46	(8)
L.D. Alvarez, R. Molina, A.K. Katsaggelos
3D Rigid Facial Motion Estimation from Disparity Maps	54	(8)
N. Pérez de la Blanca, J.M. Fuertes, M. Lucena
Robust Techniques in Least Squares-Based Motion Estimation Problems	62	(9)
R. Montoliu, F. Pla
Inexact Graph Matching for Facial Feature Segmentation and Recognition in Video Sequences: Results on Face Tracking	71	(8)
A.B.V. Graciano, R.M. Cesar Jr., I. Bloch
Crater Marking and Classification Using Computer Vision	79	(8)
A. Flores-Méndez
Using Optical Flow for Tracking	87	(8)
M. Lucena, J.M. Fuertes, N. Perez de la Blanca
Another Paradigm for the Solution of the Correspondence Problem in Motion Analysis	95	(9)
A. Al-Hamadi, R. Niese, B. Michaelis
Improvement of the Fail-Safe Characteristics in Motion Analysis Using Adaptive Technique	104	(9)
A. Al-Hamadi, R. Mecke, B. Michaelis
Spatially Adaptive Algorithm for Impulse Noise Removal from Color Images	113	(8)
V. Kober, M. Mozerov, J. Álvarez-Borrego
Improving Phase-Congruency Based Feature Detection through Automatic Scale-Selection	121	(8)
V.U.B. Schenk, M. Brady
Robust Estimation of Roughness Parameter in SAR Amplitude Images	129	(8)
H. Allende, L. Pizarro
Two New Scale-Adapted Texture Descriptors for Image Segmentation	137	(8)
M.A. Lozano, F. Escolano
Topological Query in Image Databases	145	(8)
M. Scuturici, J. Clech, D.A. Zighed
Reconstructing 3D Objects from Silhouettes with Unknown Viewpoints: The Case of Planar Orthographic Views	153	(10)
A. Bottino, L. Jaulin, A. Laurentini
Enforcing a Shape Correspondence between Two Views of a 3D Non-rigid Object	163	(8)
M.B. Dias, B.F. Buxton
A Colour Constancy Algorithm Based on the Histogram of Feasible Colour Mappings	171	(9)
J. Vergés-Llahi, A. Sanfeliu
Reconstruction of Surfaces from Cross Sections Using Skeleton Information	180	(8)
J. Pina Amargós, R. Alquézar Mancho
Extension of a New Method for Surface Reconstruction from Cross Sections	188	(8)
J. Pina Amargós, R. Alquézar Mancho
Imposing Integrability in Geometric Shape-from-Shading	196	(8)
M. Castelán, E.R. Hancock
Correcting Radial Lens Distortion Using Image and Point Correspondences	204	(8)
L. Romero, F. Calderon
Characterization of Surfaces with Sonars Using Time of Flight and Triangulation	212	(9)
C. Albores, J.L. Gordillo
Non-speech Sound Feature Extraction Based on Model Identification for Robot Navigation	221	(8)
Y. Bolea, A. Grau, A. Sanfeliu
Enhancement of Noisy Speech Using Sliding Discrete Cosine Transform	229	(7)
V. Kober
Integrating High and Low Smoothed LMs in a CSR System	236	(8)
A. Varona, I. Torres
Selection of Lexical Units for Continuous Speech Recognition of Basque	244	(7)
K. López de Ipiña, M. Graña, N. Ezeiza, M. Hernández, E. Zulueta, A. Ezeiza, C. Tovar
Creating a Mexican Spanish Version of the CMU Sphinx-III Speech Recognition System	251	(8)
A. Varela, H. Cuayáhuitl, J.A. Nolazco-Flores
Decision Tree-Based Context Dependent Sublexical Units for Continuous Speech Recognition of Basque	259	(7)
K. López de Ipiña, M. Graña, N. Ezeiza, M. Hernández, E. Zulueta, A. Ezeiza
Uniclass and Multiclass Connectionist Classification of Dialogue Acts	266	(8)
M.J. Castro, D. Vilar, E. Sanchis, P. Aibar
A Technique for Extraction of Diagnostic Data from Cytological Specimens	274	(8)
I.B. Gurevich, A. Khilkov, D. Murashov
Segmentation and Morphometry of Histological Sections Using Deformable Models: A New Tool for Evaluating Testicular Histopathology	282	(9)
M.A. Guevara, A. Silva, H. Oliveira, M. de Lourdes Pereira, F. Morgado
Robust Markers for Blood Vessels Segmentation: A New Algorithm	291	(7)
R. Rodriguez, T.E. Alarcón, O. Pacheco
Discriminative Power of Lymphoid Cell Features: Factor Analysis Approach	298	(8)
I.B. Gurevich, D. Harazishvili, I. Jernova, A. Nefyodov, A. Trykova, I. Vorobjev
Retinal Angiography Based Authentication	306	(8)
C. Mariño, M.G. Penedo, M.J. Carreira, F. González
Suboptimal Classifier for Dysarthria Assessment	314	(8)
E. Castillo Guerra, D.F. Lovely
Approximate Nearest Neighbour Search with the Fukunaga and Narendra Algorithm and Its Application to Chromosome Classification	322	(7)
F. Moreno-Seco, L. Micó, J. Oncina
Characterization of Viability of Seeds by Using Dynamic Speckles and Difference Histograms	329	(5)
M. Fernández, A. Mavilio, H. Rabat, M. Trivi
An Adaptive Enhancer with Modified Signal Averaging Scheme to Detect Ventricular Late Potentials	334	(8)
A. Taboada-Crispi, J.V. Lorenzo-Ginori, D.F. Lovely
A Study on the Recognition of Patterns of Infant Cry for the Identification of Deafness in Just Born Babies with Neural Networks	342	(8)
J. Orozco-Garcia, C.A. Reyes-Garcia
Patients Classification by Risk Using Cluster Analysis and Genetic Algorithms	350	(9)
M. Chacón, O. Luci
Mathematical Morphology on MRI for the Determination of Iberian Ham Fat Content	359	(8)
A. Caro, M. Durán, P.G. Rodriguez, T. Antequera, R. Palacios
Automatic Dark Fibres Detection in Wool Tops	367	(8)
J. Bazerque, J. Ciambelli, S. Lafon, G. Randall
Musical Style Identification Using Grammatical Inference: The Encoding Problem	375	(8)
P.P. Cruz-Alcázar, E. Vidal-Ruiz, J. C. Pérez-Cortés
New Distance Measures Applied to Marble Classification	383	(8)
J. Caldas Pinto, J.M. Sousa, H. Alexandre
Online Handwritten Signature Verification Using Hidden Markov Models	391	(9)
Juan J. Igarza, I. Goirizelaia, K. Espinosa, I. Hernáez, R. Méndez, J. Sánchez
Fast Handwritten Recognition Using Continuous Distance Transformation	400	(8)
J. Arlandis, J.-C. Perez-Cortes
Stroke Boundary Analysis for Identification of Drawing Tools	408	(8)
P. Kammerer, G. Langs, R. Sablatnig, E. Zolda
Solving the Global Localization Problem for Indoor Mobile Robots	416	(8)
L. Romero, E. Morales, E. Sucar
Restricted Decontamination for the Imbalanced Training Sample Problem	424	(8)
R. Barandela, E. Rangel, J.S. Sánchez, F.J. Ferri
An Entropy Maximization Approach to Optimal Model Selection in Gaussian Mixtures	432	(8)
A. Peñalver, J.M. Sáez, F. Escolano
Gaussian Mixture Models for Supervised Classification of Remote Sensing Multispectral Images	440	(8)
A.C. Oliveira de Melo, R. Marcos de Moraes, L. dos Santos Machado
Fast Multistage Algorithm for K-NN Classifiers	448	(8)
I. Soraluze, C. Rodriguez, F. Boto, A. Cortes
Some Improvements in Tree Based Nearest Neighbour Search Algorithms	456	(8)
E. Gómez-Ballester, L. Micó, J. Oncina
Impact of Mixed Metrics on Clustering	464	(8)
K. Gibert, R. Nonell
A Comparison between Two Fuzzy Clustering Algorithms for Mixed Features	472	(8)
I.0. Ayaquica-Martinez, J.F. Martinez-Trinidad
Extended Star Clustering Algorithm	480	(8)
R.J. Gil-Garcia, J.M. Badia-Contelles, A. Pons-Porrata
Two New Metrics for Feature Selection in Pattern Recognition	488	(10)
P. Piñero, L. Arco, M.M. Garcia, Y. Caballero, R. Yzquierdo, A. Morales
Conditions of Generating Descriptive Image Algebras by a Set of Image Processing Operations	498	(8)
I.B. Gurevich, V. Yashina
Completeness Conditions of a Class of Pattern Recognition Algorithms Based on Image Equivalence	506	(6)
I.B. Gurevich, I.A. Jernova
Typical Segment Descriptors: A New Method for Shape Description and Identification	512	(9)
N.A. Alvarez-Roca, J. Ruiz-Shulcloper, J.M. Sanchiz-Marti
A New Approach That Selects a Single Hyperplane from the Optimal Pairwise Linear Classifier	521	(8)
L. Rueda
A Characterization of Discretized Polygonal Convex Regions by Discrete Moments	529	(8)
J. Žunic
Learning Probabilistic Context-Free Grammars from Treebanks	537	(8)
J.L. Verdú-Mas, J. Calera-Rubio, R.C. Carrasco
Simulated Annealing for Automated Definition of Fuzzy Sets in Human Central Nervous System Modeling	545	(9)
F. Mugica, A. Nebot
Automatic Tuning of Fuzzy Partitions in Inductive Reasoning	554	(9)
A. Nebot
Kernel Computation in Morphological Bidirectional Associative Memories	563	(8)
G. Urcid, G.X. Ritter, L. Iancu
Improving Still Image Coding by an SOM-Controlled Associative Memory	571	(9)
G. Krell, R. Rebmann, U. Seiffert, B. Michaelis
A Morphological Methodology for Features Identification in Satellite Images for Semi-automatic Cartographic Updating	580	(8)
M. Mengucci, F. Muge
Morphological Neural Networks with Dendrite Computation: A Geometrical Approach	588	(8)
R. Barrón, H. Sossa, H. Cortés
A Method for the Automatic Summarization of Topic-Based Clusters of Documents	596	(8)
A. Pons-Porrata, J. Ruiz-Shulcloper, R. Berlanga-Llavori
Improving Prepositional Phrase Attachment Disambiguation Using the Web as Corpus	604	(7)
H. Calvo, Alexander Gelbukh
Determination of Similarity Threshold in Clustering Problems for Large Data Sets	611	(8)
G. Sánchez-Diaz, J.F. Martinez-Trinidad
Content-Based Retrieval Using Color, Texture, and Shape Information	619	(8)
R.S. Choras
Off the Shelf Methods for Robust Portuguese Cadastral Map Analysis	627	(8)
T. Candeias, F. Tomaz, H. Shahbazkia
Simultaneous Segmentation-Recognition-Vectorization of Meaningful Geographical Objects in Geo-Images	635	(8)
S. Levachkine, M. Torres, M. Moreno, R. Quintero
Geomorphometric Analysis of Raster Image Data to Detect Terrain Ruggedness and Drainage Density	643	(8)
M. Moreno, S. Levachkine, M. Torres, R. Quintero
Morphological Applications for Maps Construction in Path Planning Tasks	651	(8)
J. Azorin, G. De Miguel, F.A. Pujol, J.M. Garcia, M. Pujol, R. Rizo
Compact Mapping in Plane-Parallel Environments Using Stereo Vision	659	(8)
J.M. Sáez, A. Peñalver, F. Escolano
An Oscillatory Neural Network for Image Segmentation	667	(8)
D. Fernandes, P.O.A. Navaux
Generating Three-Dimensional Neural Cells Based on Bayes Rules and Interpolation with Thin Plate Splines	675	(8)
R.C. Coelho, O. Vargas Jaques
A Maximum Entropy Approach to Sampling in EDA - The Single Connected Case	683	(8)
A. Ochoa, R. Höns, M. Soto, H. Mühlenbein
Author Index	691