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2006
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2006
In this paper, we discuss the influence of feature vectors contributions at each learning time t on a sequential-type competitive learning algorithm. We then give a learning rate ...
PR
2006
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2006
Relevant component analysis (RCA) is a recently proposed metric learning method for semi-supervised learning applications. It is a simple and efficient method that has been applie...
PR
2006
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2006
The lack of adequate training samples and the considerable variations observed in the available image collections due to aging, illumination and pose variations are the two key te...
PR
2006
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2006
This paper describes an algorithm for the determination of zone content type of a given zone within a document image. We take a statistical based approach and represent each zone ...
PR
2006
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2006
The k-nearest-neighbor rule is one of the most attractive pattern classification algorithms. In practice, the choice of k is determined by the cross-validation method. In this wor...
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2006
2006
Correspondence matching using kernel principal components analysis and label consistency constraints
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This paper investigates spectral approaches to the problem of point pattern matching. We make two contributions. First, we consider rigid point-set alignment. Here we show how ker...
PR
2006
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2006
Performance evaluation of content-based image retrieval (CBIR) systems is an important but still unsolved problem. The reason for its importance is that only performance evaluatio...
PR
2006
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2006
Acoustic events produced in controlled environments may carry information useful for perceptually aware interfaces. In this paper we focus on the problem of classifying 16 types o...
PR
2006
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2006
Fingerprint matching is still a challenging problem for reliable person authentication because of the complex distortions involved in two impressions of the same finger. In this p...
PR
2006
13 years 4 months ago
2006
One of the main challenges faced by the current face recognition techniques lies in the difficulties of collecting samples. Fewer samples per person mean less laborious effort for...