Volume 18, Number 1, January 1996

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  Donald Geman, Bruno Jedynak: An Active Testing Model for Tracking Roads in Satellite Images. 1-14
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  Philip F. McLauchlan, David W. Murray: Active Camera Calibration for a Head-Eye Platform Using the Variable State-Dimension Filter. 15-22
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  David W. Jacobs: Robust and Efficient Detection of Salient Convex Groups. 23-37
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  Paul T. Jackway, Mohamed Deriche: Scale-Space Properties of the Multiscale Morphological Dilation-Erosion. 38-51

Short Papers

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  Jin-Long Chen, George C. Stockman: Determining Pose of 3D Objects With Curved Surfaces. 52-57
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  Aldo Laurentini: Comments on "Efficiently Computing and Representing Aspect Graphs of Polyhedral Objects". 57-58
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  Haisong Gu, Yoshiaki Shirai, Minoru Asada: MDL-Based Segmentation and Motion Modeling in a Long Image Sequence of Scene with Multiple Independently Moving Objects. 58-64
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  John Ostuni, Stanley M. Dunn: Motion from Three Weak Perspective Images Using Image Rotation. 64-69
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  Il Y. Kim, Hyun Seung Yang: An Integration Scheme for Image Segmentation and Labeling Based on Markov Random Field Model. 69-73
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  V. P. Kumar, Uday B. Desai: Image Interpretation Using Bayesian Networks. 74-77
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  Theo Moons, Luc J. Van Gool, Marc Proesmans, Eric J. Pauwels: Affine Reconstruction from Perspective Image Pairs with a Relative Object-Camera Translation in Between. 77-83
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  Silvano Di Zenzo, Luigi Cinque, Stefano Levialdi: Run-Based Algorithms for Binary Image Analysis and Processing. 83-89
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  Hadar I. Avi-Itzhak, Thanh A. Diep: Arbitrarily Tight Upper and Lower Bounds on the Bayesian Probability of Error. 89-91
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  Correction to "Texture Roughness Analysis and Synthesis via Extended Self-Similar (ESS) Model". 92

Volume 18, Number 2, February 1996

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  Yanhong Li, Daniel P. Lopresti, George Nagy, Andrew Tomkins: Validation of Image Defect Models for Optical Character Recognition. 99-108
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  Carlo Berzuini, Cristiana Larizza: A Unified Approach for Modeling Longitudinal and Failure Time Data, With Application in Medical Monitoring. 109-123
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  Brian C. Lovell, Andrew P. Bradley: The Multiscale Classifier. 124-137
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  Ingemar J. Cox, Sunita L. Hingorani: An Efficient Implementation of Reid's Multiple Hypothesis Tracking Algorithm and Its Evaluation for the Purpose of Visual Tracking. 138-150
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  Long Quan: Conic Reconstruction and Correspondence From Two Views. 151-160
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  Ari D. Gross, Terrance E. Boult: Recovery of SHGCs From a Single Intensity View. 161-180
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  Sugata Ghosal, Petr Vanek: A Fast Scalable Algorithm for Discontinuous Optical Flow Estimation. 181-194
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  Anil K. Jain, Kalle Karu: Learning Texture Discrimination Masks. 195-205

Short Papers

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  David Slater, Glenn Healey: The Illumination-Invariant Recognition of 3D Objects Using Local Color Invariants. 206-210
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  Pietro Parodi, Giulia Piccioli: 3D Shape Reconstruction by Using Vanishing Points. 211-217
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  Jana Novovicová, Pavel Pudil, Josef Kittler: Divergence Based Feature Selection for Multimodal Class Densities. 218-223

Volume 18, Number 3, March 1996

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  Yali Amit, Augustine Kong: Graphical Templates for Model Registration. 225-236
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  Mourad Zerroug, Ramakant Nevatia: Three-Dimensional Descriptions Based on the Analysis of the Invariant and Quasi-Invariant Properties of Some Curved-Axis Generalized Cylinders. 237-253
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  Simon X. Liao, Miroslaw Pawlak: On Image Analysis by Moments. 254-266
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  Anil K. Jain, Yu Zhong, Sridhar Lakshmanan: Object Matching Using Deformable Templates. 267-278
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  Konstantinos A. Tarabanis, Roger Y. Tsai, Anil Kaul: Computing Occlusion-Free Viewpoints. 279-292
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  Marie-Pierre Dubuisson-Jolly, Sridhar Lakshmanan, Anil K. Jain: Vehicle Segmentation and Classification Using Deformable Templates. 293-308
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  Vo V. Anh, Ji Yu Shi, Hung-Tat Tsui: Scaling Theorems for Zero Crossings of Bandlimited Signals. 309-320

Short Papers

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  Gabriel Taubin, Rémi Ronfard: Implicit Simplicial Models for Adaptive Curve Reconstruction. 321-325
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  Sateesha G. Nadabar, Anil K. Jain: Parameter Estimation in Markov Random Field Contextual Models Using Geometric Models of Objects. 326-329
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  David W. Jacobs: The Space Requirements of Indexing Under Perspective Projections. 330-333
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  Mark D. Wheeler, Katsushi Ikeuchi: Iterative Smoothed Residuals: A Low-Pass Filter for Smoothing With Controlled Shrinkage. 334-337
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  Philip W. Smith, N. Nandhakumar: An Improved Power Cepstrum Based Stereo Correspondence Method for Textured Scenes. 338-348
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  Chieh-Min Fan, Nader M. Namazi, Pablo B. Penafiel: A New Image Motion Estimation Algorithm Based on the EM Technique. 348-352

Volume 18, Number 4, April 1996

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  J. B. Antoine Maintz, Petra A. van den Elsen, Max A. Viergever: Evaluation of Ridge Seeking Operators for Multimodality Medical Image Matching. 353-365
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  Irene Rothe, Herbert Süße, Klaus Voss: The Method of Normalization to Determine Invariants. 366-376
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  Steven Gold, Anand Rangarajan: A Graduated Assignment Algorithm for Graph Matching. 377-388
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  Robert R. Bailey, Mandyam D. Srinath: Orthogonal Moment Features for Use With Parametric and Non-Parametric Classifiers. 389-399
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  Hirobumi Nishida: Automatic Construction of Structural Models Incorporating Discontinuous Transformations. 400-411
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  Wei-Ge Chen, N. Nandhakumar, Worthy N. Martin: Image Motion Estimation From Motion Smear-A New Computational Model. 412-425

Short Papers

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  Nicolas Merlet, Josiane Zerubia: New Prospects in Line Detection by Dynamic Programming. 426-431
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  Weian Deng, S. Sitharama Iyengar: A New Probabilistic Relaxation Scheme and Its Application to Edge Detection. 432-437
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  Sridhar Lakshmanan, David Grimmer: A Deformable Template Approach to Detecting Straight Edges in Radar Images. 438-443
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  Douglas DeCarlo, Dimitris N. Metaxas: Blended Deformable Models. 443-448
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  Fredric Solomon, Katsushi Ikeuchi: Extracting the Shape and Roughness of Specular Lobe Objects Using Four Light Photometric Stereo. 449-454
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  Jörg Kramer: Compact Integrated Motion Sensor With Three-Pixel Interaction. 455-460
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  Christophe Parisse: Global Word Shape Processing in Off-Line Recognition of Handwriting. 460-464
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  Ronen Basri, Daphna Weinshall: Distance Metric Between 3D Models and 2D Images for Recognition and Classification. 465-470
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  Correction to "Recovery of SHGCs From a Single Intensity View". 471-479

Volume 18, Number 5, May 1996

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  Todd Law, Hidenori Itoh, Hirohisa Seki: Image Filtering, Edge Detection, and Edge Tracing Using Fuzzy Reasoning. 481-491
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  François Chaumette, Samia Boukir, Patrick Bouthemy, Didier Juvin: Structure From Controlled Motion. 492-504
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  Jayashree Subrahmonia, David B. Cooper, Daniel Keren: Practical Reliable Bayesian Recognition of 2D and 3D Objects Using Implicit Polynomials and Algebraic Invariants. 505-519
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  J. Andrew Bangham, Paul D. Ling, Richard Harvey: Scale-Space From Nonlinear Filters. 520-528
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  J. Andrew Bangham, Pierre Chardaire, C. Jeremy Pye, Paul D. Ling: Multiscale Nonlinear Decomposition: The Sieve Decomposition Theorem. 529-539

Short Papers

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  Robert Bergevin, Marc Soucy, Hervé Gagnon, Denis Laurendeau: Towards a General Multi-View Registration Technique. 540-547
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  Magdi A. Mohamed, Paul D. Gader: Handwritten Word Recognition Using Segmentation-Free Hidden Markov Modeling and Segmentation-Based Dynamic Programming Techniques. 548-554
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  J. Alison Noble: The Effect of Morphological Filters on Texture Boundary Localization. 554-561
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  Pierre Soille, Edmond J. Breen, Ronald Jones: Recursive Implementation of Erosions and Dilations Along Discrete Lines at Arbitrary Angles. 562-567
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  Gregory A. Babich, Octavia I. Camps: Weighted Parzen Windows for Pattern Classification. 567-570
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  Yoshihiko Hamamoto, Shunji Uchimura, Shingo Tomita: On the Behavior of Artificial Neural Network Classifiers in High-Dimensional Spaces. 571-574
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  Correction to "Dynamic Programming for Detecting, Tracking, and Matching Deformable Contours". 575

Volume 18, Number 6, June 1996

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  Zoran Duric, Jeffrey A. Fayman, Ehud Rivlin: Function From Motion. 579-591
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  Michael Revow, Christopher K. I. Williams, Geoffrey E. Hinton: Using Generative Models for Handwritten Digit Recognition. 592-606
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  Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani: Discriminant Adaptive Nearest Neighbor Classification. 607-616
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  Toru Ishida: Real-Time Bidirectional Search: Coordinated Problem Solving in Uncertain Situations. 617-628

Short Papers

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  Daniel K. Bogen, David A. Rahdert: A Strain Energy Approach to Regularization in Displacement Field Fits of Elastically Deforming Bodies. 629-635
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  Yaser Yacoob, Larry S. Davis: Recognizing Human Facial Expressions From Long Image Sequences Using Optical Flow. 636-642
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  Luan Ling Lee, Toby Berger, Erez Aviczer: Reliable On-Line Human Signature Verification Systems. 643-647
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  Seong-Whan Lee: Off-Line Recognition of Totally Unconstrained Handwritten Numerals Using Multilayer Cluster Neural Network. 648-652
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  Michael D. Garris, Darrin L. Dimmick: Form Design for High Accuracy Optical Character Recognition. 653-656
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  Merrilee Hurn, Christopher Jennison: An Extension of Geman and Reynolds' Approach to Constrained Restoration and the Recovery of Discontinuities. 657-662
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  Pierre Zakarauskas, John M. Ozard: Complexity Analysis for Partitioning Nearest Neighbor Searching Algorithms. 663-668
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  B. John Oommen, K. Zhang: The Normalized String Editing Problem Revisited. 669-672

Volume 18, Number 7, July 1996

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  Adam Hoover, Gillian Jean-Baptiste, Xiaoyi Jiang, Patrick J. Flynn, Horst Bunke, Dmitry B. Goldgof, Kevin W. Bowyer, David W. Eggert, Andrew W. Fitzgibbon, Robert B. Fisher: An Experimental Comparison of Range Image Segmentation Algorithms. 673-689
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  Richard G. Casey, Eric Lecolinet: A Survey of Methods and Strategies in Character Segmentation. 690-706
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  Meir Barzohar, David B. Cooper: Automatic Finding of Main Roads in Aerial Images by Using Geometric-Stochastic Models and Estimation. 707-721
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  Fang Liu, Rosalind W. Picard: Periodicity, Directionality, and Randomness: Wold Features for Image Modeling and Retrieval. 722-733
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  Dz-Mou Jung, Mukkai S. Krishnamoorthy, George Nagy, Andrew Shapira: N-Tuple Features for OCR Revisited. 734-745

Short Papers

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  Lawrence O'Gorman: Subpixel Precision of Straight-Edged Shapes for Registration and Measurement. 746-751
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  Javier Cabrera, Peter Meer: Unbiased Estimation of Ellipses by Bootstrapping. 752-756
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  Giovanni Seni, Rohini K. Srihari, Nasser M. Nasrabadi: Large Vocabulary Recognition of On-Line Handwritten Cursive Words. 757-762
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  Joseph P. Hoffbeck, David A. Landgrebe: Covariance Matrix Estimation and Classification With Limited Training Data. 763-767

Volume 18, Number 8, August 1996

Digital Libraries: Representation and Retrieval

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  Rosalind W. Picard, Alex Pentland: Introduction to the Special Section on Digital Libraries: Representation and Retrieval. 769-770
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  Hsinchun Chen, Bruce R. Schatz, Tobun D. Ng, Joanne Martinez, Amy Kirchhoff, Chienting Lin: A Parallel Computing Approach to Creating Engineering Concept Spaces for Semantic Retrieval: The Illinois Digital Library Initiative Project. 771-782
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  Hanan Samet, Aya Soffer: MARCO: MAp Retrieval by COntent. 783-798
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  Nalini K. Ratha, Kalle Karu, Shaoyun Chen, Anil K. Jain: A Real-Time Matching System for Large Fingerprint Databases. 799-813
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  Harpreet S. Sawhney, Serge Ayer: Compact Representations of Videos Through Dominant and Multiple Motion Estimation. 814-830

Short Papers

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  Daniel L. Swets, Juyang Weng: Using Discriminant Eigenfeatures for Image Retrieval. 831-836
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  B. S. Manjunath, Wei-Ying Ma: Texture Features for Browsing and Retrieval of Image Data. 837-842
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  Glenn Healey, Amit Jain: Retrieving Multispectral Satellite Images Using Physics-Based Invariant Representations. 842-848
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  Michael Shneier, Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb: Exploiting the JPEG Compression Scheme for Image Retrieval. 849-853

Regular Short Paper

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  Steve A. Chien, Helen Mortensen: Automating Image Processing for Scientific Data Analysis of a Large Image Database. 854-859

Volume 18, Number 9, September 1996

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  Bjørn Olstad, Anders H. Torp: Encoding of a priori Information in Active Contour Models. 863-872
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  Amnon Shashua, Nassir Navab: Relative Affine Structure: Canonical Model for 3D From 2D Geometry and Applications. 873-883
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  Song Chun Zhu, Alan L. Yuille: Region Competition: Unifying Snakes, Region Growing, and Bayes/MDL for Multiband Image Segmentation. 884-900
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  Robert G. Cowell: On Compatible Priors for Bayesian Networks. 901-911
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  Pedro Larrañaga, Mikel Poza, Yosu Yurramendi, Roberto H. Murga, Cindy M. H. Kuijpers: Structure Learning of Bayesian Networks by Genetic Algorithms: A Performance Analysis of Control Parameters. 912-926

Short Papers

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  A. Mark Earnshaw, Steven D. Blostein: The Performance of Camera Translation Direction Estimators From Optical Flow: Analysis, Comparison, and Theoretical Limits. 927-932
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  W. S. Ng, C. K. Lee: Comment on Using the Uniformity Measure for Performance Measure in Image Segmentation. 933-934
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  Gordon T. Wilfong, Frank Sinden, Laurence Ruedisueli: On-Line Recognition of Handwritten Symbols. 935-940
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  Cheng-Yuan Liou, Hsin-Chang Yang: Handprinted Character Recognition Based on Spatial Topology Distance Measurement. 941-945
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  Anthony C. Kam, Gary E. Kopec: Document Image Decoding by Heuristic Search. 945-950
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  Joseph M. Reinhardt, William E. Higgins: Comparison Between the Morphological Skeleton and Morphological Shape Decomposition. 951-957

Volume 18, Number 10, October 1996

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  Tai Sing Lee: Image Representation Using 2D Gabor Wavelets. 959-971
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  Michael J. Black, Allan D. Jepson: Estimating Optical Flow in Segmented Images Using Variable-Order Parametric Models With Local Deformations. 972-986
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  Paul Kube, Pietro Perona: Scale-Space Properties of Quadratic Feature Detectors. 987-999
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  Moshe Shpitalni, Hod Lipson: Identification of Faces in a 2D Line Drawing Projection of a Wireframe Object. 1000-1012
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  Diane J. Cook, Piotr J. Gmytrasiewicz, Lawrence B. Holder: Decision-Theoretic Cooperative Sensor Planning. 1013-1023

Short Papers

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  François Goudail, Eberhard Lange, Takashi Iwamoto, Kazuo Kyuma, Nobuyuki Otsu: Face Recognition System Using Local Autocorrelations and Multiscale Integration. 1024-1028
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  Philippe Burlina, Rama Chellappa: Analyzing Looming Motion Components From Their Spatiotemporal Spectral Signature. 1029-1033
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  Graham D. Finlayson: Color in Perspective. 1034-1038
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  Jianying Hu, Michael K. Brown, William Turin: HMM Based On-Line Handwriting Recognition. 1039-1045
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  Seong-Whan Lee, Dong-June Lee, Hee-Seon Park: A New Methodology for Gray-Scale Character Segmentation and Recognition. 1045-1050
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  Jan Strackee: The Slope of a Straight Line: A Phony Estimator. 1051
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  Michael Werman: Remarks on Strackee's Note. 1052

Volume 18, Number 11, November 1996

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  Yaorong Ge, J. Michael Fitzpatrick: On the Generation of Skeletons from Discrete Euclidean Distance Maps. 1055-1066
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  Chahab Nastar, Nicholas Ayache: Frequency-Based Nonrigid Motion Analysis: Application to Four Dimensional Medical Images. 1067-1079
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  Dario Maio, Davide Maltoni, Stefano Rizzi: Dynamic Clustering of Maps in Autonomous Agents. 1080-1091

Short Papers

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  Zhiqian Wang, K. Raghunath Rao, Jezekiel Ben-Arie: Optimal Ramp Edge Detection Using Expansion Matching. 1092-1097
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  Stéphane Christy, Radu Horaud: Euclidean Shape and Motion from Multiple Perspective Views by Affine Iterations. 1098-1104
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  Mengxiang Li, Jean-Marc Lavest: Some Aspects of Zoom Lens Camera Calibration. 1105-1110
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  Georgy L. Gimel'farb: Texture Modeling by Multiple Pairwise Pixel Interactions. 1110-1114
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  Warren F. Gardner, Daryl T. Lawton: Interactive Model-Based Vehicle Tracking. 1115-1121
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  Kyeong-Ryeol Park, Chung-Nim Lee: Scale-Space Using Mathematical Morphology. 1121-1126
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  Bin Yu, Anil K. Jain: A Generic System for Form Dropout. 1127-1134
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  Filippo Neri, Lorenza Saitta: Exploring the Power of Genetic Search in Learning Symbolic Classifiers. 1135-1141
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  Michael A. Zmuda, Louis A. Tamburino: Efficient Algorithms for the Soft Morphological Operators. 1142-1147

Volume 18, Number 12, December 1996

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  Associate Editors Join PAMI. 1149
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  Yasuyo Kita: Elastic-Model Driven Analysis of Several Views of a Deformable Cylindrical Object. 1150-1162
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  Laurent Najman, Michel Schmitt: Geodesic Saliency of Watershed Contours and Hierarchical Segmentation. 1163-1173
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  Daniel P. McReynolds, David G. Lowe: Rigidity Checking of 3D Point Correspondences Under Perspective Projection. 1174-1185
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  Shree K. Nayar, Masahiro Watanabe, Minori Noguchi: Real-Time Focus Range Sensor. 1186-1198
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  Richard Szeliski, Heung-Yeung Shum: Motion Estimation with Quadtree Splines. 1199-1210
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  Narendra Ahuja: A Transform for Multiscale Image Segmentation by Integrated Edge and Region Detection. 1211-1235

Short Papers

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  Trevor Darrell, Irfan A. Essa, Alex Pentland: Task-Specific Gesture Analysis in Real-Time Using Interpolated Views. 1236-1242
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  Massimo Tistarelli: Multiple Constraints to Compute Optical Flow. 1243-1250
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  Jonathan J. Hull: Incorporating Language Syntax in Visual Text Recognition with a Statistical Model. 1251-1256
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  Paul D. Gader, Mohamed A. Khabou: Automatic Feature Generation for Handwritten Digit Recognition. 1256-1261
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  Seong-Whan Lee, Dong-June Lee, Hee-Seon Park: Correction to "A New Methodology for Gray-Scale Character Segmentation and Recognition". 1262