文档介绍：Advances in Pattern Recognition
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Branislav Kisacanin˘• Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya
Sek Chai
Editors
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Editors
Branislav Kisa˘canin, PhD Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya, PhD
Texas Instruments University of Maryland
Dallas, TX, USA College Park, MD, USA
Sek Chai, PhD
Motorola
Schaumburg, IL, USA
Series editor
Professor Sameer Singh, PhD
Research School of Informatics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Advances in Pattern Recognition Series ISSN 1617-7916
ISBN 978-1-84800-303-3 e-ISBN 978-1-84800-304-0
DOI -1-84800-304-0
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