Structural inference of sensor-based measurements

Conference Paper (2006)
Author(s)

Bob Duin (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)

EM Pekalska (TU Delft - Multimedia Computing)

Multimedia Computing
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Publication Year
2006
Multimedia Computing
Pages (from-to)
41-55
ISBN (print)
3-540-37236-9

Abstract

Statisticalinferenceofsensor-basedmeasurementsisintensivelystudiedinpatternrecognition.Itisusuallybasedonfeaturerepresentationsoftheobjectstoberecognized.Suchrepresentations,however,neglecttheobjectstructure.Structuralpatternrecognition,onthecontrary,focussesonencodingtheobjectstructure.Asgeneralproceduresarestillweaklydeveloped,suchobjectdescriptionsareoftenapplicationdependent.Thishamperstheusageofagenerallearningapproach.
Thispaperaimstosummarizetheproblemsandpossibilitiesofgeneralstructuralinferenceapproachesforthefamilyofsensor-basedmeasurements:images,spectraandtimesignals,assumingacontinuitybetweenmeasurementsamples.Inparticularitwillbediscussedwhenprobabilisticassumptionsareneeded,leadingtoastatistically-basedinferenceofthestructure,andwhenapure,non-probabilisticstructuralinferenceschememaybepossible.

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