Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence: Third International Conference, PReMI 2009 New Delhi, India, December 16-20, 2009 Proceedings

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning.- New Approaches to Design and Control of Time Limited Search Algorithms.- Feature Selection Using Non Linear Feature Relation Index.- Classification of Multi-variate Varying Length Time Series Using Descriptive Statistical Features.- 2D-LPI: Two-Dimensional Locality Preserving Indexing.- A Geometric Algorithm for Learning Oblique Decision Trees.- Kernel Optimization Using a Generalized Eigenvalue Approach.- Zero Norm Least Squares Proximal SVR.- Effect of Subsampling Rate on Subbagging and Related Ensembles of Stable Classifiers.- Metric in Feature Space.- Speeding-Up the K-Means Clustering Method: A Prototype Based Approach.- Constructive Semi-Supervised Classification Algorithm and Its Implement in Data Mining.- Novel Deterministic Heuristics for Building Minimum Spanning Trees with Constrained Diameter.- Multi-objective Evolutionary Feature Selection.- A Fast Supervised Method of Feature Ranking and Selection for Pattern Classification.- Clustering in Concept Association Networks.- Soft Computing and Applications.- Interactive Rough-Granular Computing in Pattern Recognition.- Application of Neural Networks in Preform Design of Aluminium Upsetting Process Considering Different Interfacial Frictional Conditions.- Case Indexing Using PSO and ANN in Real Time Strategy Games.- Construction of Fuzzy Relation by Closure Systems.- Incorporating Fuzziness to CLARANS.- Development of a Neuro-fuzzy MR Image Segmentation Approach Using Fuzzy C-Means and Recurrent Neural Network.- Weak Fuzzy Equivalence and Equality Relations.- Estimation of Tailor-Welded Blank Parameters for Acceptable Tensile Behaviour Using ANN.- Bio and Chemo Informatics.- Identification of N-Glycosylation Sites with Sequence and Structural Features Employing Random Forests.- Identification of Defensins Employing Recurrence Quantification Analysis and Random Forest Classifiers.- Data Mining by Navigation – An Experience with Systems Biology.- A Least Squares Fitting-Based Modeling of Gene Regulatory Sub-networks.- Automated Identification of Protein Structural Features.- Using Supervised Learning and Comparing General and ANTI-HIV Drug Databases Using Chemoinformatics.- Multiple Sequence Alignment Based Upon Statistical Approach of Curve Fitting.- A Constraint Based Method for Optimization in Metabolic Pathways.- Cross-Correlation and Evolutionary Biclustering: Extracting Gene Interaction Sub-networks.- Text and Data Mining.- Learning Age and Gender of Blogger from Stylistic Variation.- Hypertext Classification Using Tensor Space Model and Rough Set Based Ensemble Classifier.- Feature and Opinion Mining for Customer Review Summarization.- A Semi-supervised Approach for Maximum Entropy Based Hindi Named Entity Recognition.- A News Analysis and Tracking System.- Anomaly Detection from Call Data Records.- Mining Calendar-Based Periodicities of Patterns in Temporal Data.- A Relation Mining and Visualization Framework for Automated Text Summarization.- Mining Local Association Rules from Temporal Data Set.- Multi-label Text Classification Approach for Sentence Level News Emotion Analysis.- Semantic Relation between Words with the Web as Information Source.- Automatic Keyphrase Extraction from Medical Documents.- Image Analysis.- An Approach for Preparing Groundtruth Data and Evaluating Visual Saliency Models.- Evaluation of Segmentation Techniques Using Region Size and Boundary Information.- Unsupervised Color Image Segmentation Using Compound Markov Random Field Model.- A New Statistical Restoration Method for Spatial Domain Images.- Prediction of Cloud for Weather Now-Casting Application Using Topology Adaptive Active Membrane.- Image Enhancement Using Multi-objective Genetic Algorithms.- A Robust Object Tracking Method Using Structural Similarity in Daubechies Complex Wavelet Domain.- A Novel Multimodality Image Fusion Method Using Region Consistency Rule.- Deriving Sparse Coefficients of Wavelet Pyramid Taking Clues from Hough Transform.- Improvised Filter Design for Depth Estimation from Single Monocular Images.- Color Image Segmentation Based on Vectorial Multiscale Diffusion with Inter-scale Linking.- Effective and Efficient Tracking and Ego-Motion Recovery for Mobile Cameras.- Class Specific Threshold Selection in Face Space Using Set Estimation Technique for RGB Color Components.- Human Action Recognition Based on Spatio-temporal Features.- A Novel Hybrid Pansharpening Method Using Contourlet Transform.- Document Image Processing.- Text Line Segmentation for Unconstrained Handwritten Document Images Using Neighborhood Connected Component Analysis.- Model-Guided Segmentation and Layout Labelling of Document Images Using a Hierarchical Conditional Random Field.- Recognition of Numeric Postal Codes from Multi-script Postal Address Blocks.- Foreground Text Extraction in Color Document Images for Enhanced Readability.- A Novel Approach to Skeletonization for Multi-font OCR Applications.- A Novel Approach for Detection of Alteration in Ball Pen Writings.- Resolving Ambiguities in Confused Online Tamil Characters with Post Processing Algorithms.- Watermarking and Steganography.- Hidden QIM Watermarking on Compressed Data Using Channel Coding and Lifting.- MRF Based LSB Steganalysis: A New Measure of Steganography Capacity.- Partial Encryption on SPIHT Compressed Images.- Evaluation of Feature Selection Measures for Steganalysis.- Biometrics.- Mutual Neighborhood Based Discriminant Projection for Face Recognition.- Biometric Gait Recognition with Carrying and Clothing Variants.- Context Switching Algorithm for Selective Multibiometric Fusion.- Biometric Based Unique Key Generation for Authentic Audio Watermarking.- Annular Iris Recognition Using SURF.- Face Recognition Using Posterior Distance Model Based Radial Basis Function Neural Networks.- Segmentation for Iris Localisation: A Novel Approach Suitable for Fake Iris Detection.- Image and Video Retrieval.- Key Independent Retrieval of Chaotic Encrypted Images.- A Bayesian Approach to Hybrid Image Retrieval.- Hierarchical System for Content Based Categorization and Orientation of Consumer Images.- Effective Visualization and Navigation in a Multimedia Document Collection Using Ontology.- Using Concept Recognition to Annotate a Video Collection.- Speech and Audio Processing.- Variational Bayes Adapted GMM Based Models for Audio Clip Classification.- Cross-Lingual Vocal Emotion Recognition in Five Native Languages of Assam Using Eigenvalue Decomposition.- Variable Length Teager Energy Based Mel Cepstral Features for Identification of Twins.- Unit Selection Using Linguistic, Prosodic and Spectral Distance for Developing Text-to-Speech System in Hindi.- Exploring Speech Features for Classifying Emotions along Valence Dimension.- Applications.- A Novel Time Decaying Approach to Obstacle Avoidance.- Chaotic Synchronization and Secure Communication Using Contraction Theory.- Fault Diagnosis of an Air-Conditioning System Using LS-SVM.- Classification of Power Quality Disturbances Using GA Based Optimal Feature Selection.- Constrained Control of Weakly Coupled Nonlinear Systems Using Neural Network.- A Network Coding and Genetic Algorithm Based Power Efficient Routing Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Towards Situation Awareness in Integrated Air Defence Using Clustering and Case Based Reasoning.- Algorithms to Automate Estimation of Time Codes for Captioning Digital Media.- Disclosing Patterns in IT Project Management - A Rough Set Perspective.- Comparison of GARCH, Neural Network and Support Vector Machine in Financial Time Series Prediction.- Mean-Entropy-Skewness Fuzzy Portfolio Selection by Credibility Theory Approach.- Late Blight Forecast Using Mobile Phone Based Agro Advisory System.- Evolutionary Computing.- Evolutionary and Iterative Crisp and Rough Clustering I: Theory.- Evolutionary and Iterative Crisp and Rough Clustering II: Experiments.