Topology of Digital Images Visual Pattern Discovery in Proximity Spa

This book carries forward recent work on visual patterns and structuresin digital images and introduces a near set-based a topology of digitalimages. Visual patterns arise naturally in digital images viewed as setsof non-abstract points endowed with some

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James F. Peters

Topology of Digital Images Visual Pattern Discovery in Proximity Spaces

Intelligent Systems Reference Library Volume 63

Series editors Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland e-mail: [email protected] Lakhmi C. Jain, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia e-mail: [email protected]

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About this Series The aim of this series is to publish a Reference Library, including novel advances and developments in all aspects of Intelligent Systems in an easily accessible and well structured form. The series includes reference works, handbooks, compendia, textbooks, well-structured monographs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. It contains well integrated knowledge and current information in the field of Intelligent Systems. The series covers the theory, applications, and design methods of Intelligent Systems. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, computer science, avionics, business, e-commerce, environment, healthcare, physics and life science are included.

James F. Peters

Topology of Digital Images Visual Pattern Discovery in Proximity Spaces

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James F. Peters Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Manitoba Winnipeg Canada

ISSN 1868-4394 ISBN 978-3-642-53844-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-53845-2

ISSN 1868-4408 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-53845-2 (eBook)

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