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CIARP
2010
Springer
12 years 11 months ago
Comparison of Shape Descriptors for Mice Behavior Recognition
Shape representation provides fundamental features for many applications in computer vision and it is known to be important cues for human vision. This paper presents an experiment...
Jonathan de Andrade Silva, Wesley Nunes Gonç...
CIARP
2010
Springer
12 years 11 months ago
Color Texture Analysis and Classification: An Agent Approach Based on Partially Self-avoiding Deterministic Walks
Abstract. Recently, we have proposed a novel approach of texture analysis that has overcome most of the state-of-art methods. This method considers independent walkers, with a give...
André Ricardo Backes, Alexandre Souto Marti...
CIARP
2010
Springer
13 years 1 months ago
A New Algorithm for Training SVMs Using Approximate Minimal Enclosing Balls
Abstract. It has been shown that many kernel methods can be equivalently formulated as minimal-enclosing-ball (MEB) problems in certain feature space. Exploiting this reduction eff...
Emanuele Frandi, Maria Grazia Gasparo, Stefano Lod...
CIARP
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
On Improving Dissimilarity-Based Classifications Using a Statistical Similarity Measure
The aim of this paper is to present a dissimilarity measure strategy by which a new philosophy for pattern classification pertaining to dissimilaritybased classifications (DBCs) ca...
Sang-Woon Kim, Robert P. W. Duin
CIARP
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Improving the Dynamic Hierarchical Compact Clustering Algorithm by Using Feature Selection
Abstract. Feature selection has improved the performance of text clustering. In this paper, a local feature selection technique is incorporated in the dynamic hierarchical compact ...
Reynaldo Gil-García, Aurora Pons-Porrata
CIARP
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
Improving Face Segmentation in Thermograms Using Image Signatures
Abstract. The aim of this paper is to present a method for the automatic segmentation of face images captured in Long Wavelength Infrared (LWIR), allowing for a large range of face...
Silvio Filipe, Luís A. Alexandre