Ebook: Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition: Third IAPR Workshop, ANNPR 2008 Paris, France, July 2-4, 2008 Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third TC3 IAPR Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition, ANNPR 2008, held in Paris, France, in July 2008.

The 18 revised full papers and 11 revised poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The papers combine many ideas from machine learning, advanced statistics, signal and image processing for solving complex real-world pattern recognition problems. The papers are organized in topical sections on unsupervised learning, supervised learning, multiple classifiers, applications, and feature selection.

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The Third IAPR TC3Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks in Pattern Recognition,ANNPR 2008, was held at Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris(France), July 2–4, 2008. The workshop was organized by the Technical Committeeon Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence (TC3) that is oneof the 20 TCs of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).The scope of TC3 includes computational intelligence approaches, such as fuzzysystems, evolutionary computing and artificial neural networks and their use invarious pattern recognition applications. ANNPR 2008 followed the success ofthe previous workshops: ANNPR 2003 held at the University of Florence (Italy)and ANPPR 2006 held at Reisensburg Castle, University of Ulm (Germany). Allthe workshops featured a single-track program including both oral sessions andposters with a focus on active participation from every participant.In recent years, the field of neural networks has matured considerably in bothmethodology and real-world applications. As reflected in this book, artificial neuralnetworks in pattern recognition combine many ideas from machine learning,advanced statistics, signal and image processing for solving complex real-worldpattern recognition problems.