Ebook: Modern Cellular Automata: Theory and Applications
- Tags: Computer Science general, Electrical Engineering
- Series: Advanced Applications in Pattern Recognition
- Year: 1984
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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It is with great pleasure that I present this fourth vol ume in the series "Advanced Applications in Pattern Recognition." It would be difficult to find two authors better versed in the design and application of parallel image processing systems, due to both their own many years of pioneering in the field and their encyclopedic knowledge of what is going on in uni versity and industrial laboratories around the world. The monograph is unique in its parallel presentation of orthogonal and hexagonal dissections, and the wealth of graphic illustration of algorithmic procedures for processing and analyz ing images in the various known implementations of parallel im age-processing architectures. This volume should find a place on the bookshelf of every practitioner of pattern recognition, image processing, and compu ter graphics. Morton Nadler General Editor vii PREFACE This book endeavors to introduce the reader to the subject of cellular logic and cellular automata and is devoted particu larly to those parts dealing with the manipulation of pictorial data. The study of cellular automata owes much to the pioneer ing work of John von Neumann during the 1950s. Von Neumann was interested in general problems in the behavior of computing structures and was immensely impressed by the complexity and performance of the human brain, which he felt must point to wards successful designs for automatic computing machines.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Two-Dimensional Logical Transforms....Pages 17-48
Cellular Logic Operations in N-Space....Pages 49-72
Numerical Operations....Pages 73-101
Segmentation....Pages 103-116
Skeletonization....Pages 117-136
Cellular Filtering....Pages 137-172
Scientific Applications....Pages 173-192
Biomedical Applications....Pages 193-222
Cellular Logic Machines....Pages 223-257
Array Automata....Pages 259-274
Patterns of Growth....Pages 275-288
Programming Methods....Pages 289-306
Fabrication Methods....Pages 307-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-340
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Two-Dimensional Logical Transforms....Pages 17-48
Cellular Logic Operations in N-Space....Pages 49-72
Numerical Operations....Pages 73-101
Segmentation....Pages 103-116
Skeletonization....Pages 117-136
Cellular Filtering....Pages 137-172
Scientific Applications....Pages 173-192
Biomedical Applications....Pages 193-222
Cellular Logic Machines....Pages 223-257
Array Automata....Pages 259-274
Patterns of Growth....Pages 275-288
Programming Methods....Pages 289-306
Fabrication Methods....Pages 307-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-340
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