The authors have classified four different images, under various levels of JPEG compression, using the following classification algorithms: minimum-distance, maximum-likelihood, and neural network. The training site a...
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The authors have classified four different images, under various levels of JPEG compression, using the following classification algorithms: minimum-distance, maximum-likelihood, and neural network. The training site accuracy and percent difference from the original classification were tabulated for each image compression level, with maximum-likelihood showing the poorest results. In general, as compression ratio increased, the classification retained its overall appearance, but much of the pixel-to-pixel detail was eliminated. The authors also examined the effect of compression on spatial pattern detection using a neural network.
Delta-operator based implementations can avoid the numerical ill-conditioning usually associated with the high speed shift-operator based implementations of discrete-time systems. Moreover, it provides a unified metho...
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Delta-operator based implementations can avoid the numerical ill-conditioning usually associated with the high speed shift-operator based implementations of discrete-time systems. Moreover, it provides a unified methodology for tackling both continuous- and discrete-time systems. In particular, it has been shown that, delta-operator based balanced realizations can offer superior coefficient sensitivity properties under fixed-point arithmetic. The authors address computation of balanced realizations. For this purpose, given a discrete-time system, the relationship between its shift- and delta-operator formulated balanced realizations is presented.
Estimation accuracy of Horn and Schunck's classical optical Bow algorithm depends on many factors including the brightness pattern of the measured images. Since some applications can select brightness functions wi...
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Estimation accuracy of Horn and Schunck's classical optical Bow algorithm depends on many factors including the brightness pattern of the measured images. Since some applications can select brightness functions with which to ''paint'' the object, it is desirable to know what patterns will lead to the best motion estimates. In this paper we present a method for determining this pattern a priori using mild assumptions about the velocity field and imaging process. Our method is based on formulating Horn and Schunck's algorithm as a linear smoother and rigorously deriving an expression for the corresponding error covariance function. We then specify a scalar performance measure and develop an approach to select an optimal brightness function which minimizes this performance measure from within a parametrized class. Conditions for existence of an optimal brightness function are also given. The resulting optimal performance is demonstrated using simulations, and a discussion of these results and potential future research is given.
Inner product probe measurements are defined for tomographic reconstruction of 3-D vector fields. It is shown that one set of measurements is required to reconstruct an irrotational field, two are required to reconstr...
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Inner product probe measurements are defined for tomographic reconstruction of 3-D vector fields. It is shown that one set of measurements is required to reconstruct an irrotational field, two are required to reconstruct a solenoidal field and special probes are required to reconstruct the components of an arbitrary field.
We review and compare a number of linear and nonlinear pyramidal image decomposition techniques which are based on the approach proposed by Burt and Adelson (IEEE Trans. Comm. 31, 1983, 532-540). We argue that the des...
For signals containing discontinuities, the usual assumptions of Gauss-Markov distributed signal sources do not hold. To preserve edges, non-Gaussian prior models have been developed for use in Bayesian restoration. T...
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Multiscale techniques require that signals are fitted to pyramid structures, with each level of the pyramid corresponding to a reduced-resolution approximation of the signal. Unlike deterministic pyramids, stochastic ...
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Multiscale techniques require that signals are fitted to pyramid structures, with each level of the pyramid corresponding to a reduced-resolution approximation of the signal. Unlike deterministic pyramids, stochastic pyramids can be applied to signals characterized by some form of uncertainty. A number of fundamental properties of stochastic pyramids are studied, and advantages and disadvantages of various pyramid structures are discussed. Furthermore, the stochastic pyramid transform is proposed, as a solution to all problems associated with traditional stochastic pyramids. We briefly argue that this transform naturally leads to the multigrid Monte Carlo method, proposed by Goodman and Sokal (1989), which is mainly used to generate Markov random field images.< >
The authors briefly describe their new morphological operators of "boundary erosion region dilation (BERD)" and "boundary dilation region erosion (BDRE)". The paper covers definitions, properties, ...
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The authors briefly describe their new morphological operators of "boundary erosion region dilation (BERD)" and "boundary dilation region erosion (BDRE)". The paper covers definitions, properties, and some of the applications of these operators. BERD and BDRE operations may be used to approximately perform the job of various common morphological filtering operations with lesser computational times. BERD and BDRE operations with 2-D structuring elements may be used to construct robust connectivity preserving filters. Unlike commonly used median closing and opening operators/sup 1,5,6/, these filters do not destroy thin regions which rapidly change their direction or the regions which can not be probed by straight lines in limited directions. They have used these connectivity preserving filters for removing speckle noise from SAR images while retaining thin regions and fine details of regions boundaries.< >
A recent trend in developing adaptive decision models has been to integrate the concept of fuzzy membership functions of data samples with adaptive learning inherent to neural nets. Several different approaches have b...
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A recent trend in developing adaptive decision models has been to integrate the concept of fuzzy membership functions of data samples with adaptive learning inherent to neural nets. Several different approaches have been suggested for such integration involving Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART) as well as Kohonen self-organizing neural networks. Such neuro-fuzzy models appear to be quite effective in successful clustering of complex data samples encountered in many pattern recognition and control applications where traditional decision models fail due to lack of knowledge of data distributions and unavailability of training data sets. The strengths and weaknesses of currently existing ART-based neuro-fuzzy models are described.< >
Unconstrained handwritten characters pose a serious challenge to the development of a recognition algorithm. Many approaches have been studied over the years for such a recognition algorithm. We use an adaptive neuro-...
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Unconstrained handwritten characters pose a serious challenge to the development of a recognition algorithm. Many approaches have been studied over the years for such a recognition algorithm. We use an adaptive neuro-fuzzy clustering algorithm for classification and recognition of handwritten characters of a variety of styles and investigate the effectiveness of Fourier coefficients as representative features of handwritten characters in the presence of noise. Our results indicate that the adaptive clustering algorithm outperforms k-means clustering in handwritten character recognition for the same data representation. However some misclassifications cannot be avoided due to inherent problems associated with large variability in handwriting styles and the presence of excessive noise in practice.< >
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