Pattern recognition

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedingsof the First International Conference on Ambient Intelligence for Health,AmIHEALTH 2015, held in Puerto Varas, Chile, in December 2015.

Thisbook constitutes the proceedings of the 20th Nordic Conference on Secure ITSystems, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereedpost-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on PatternRecognition, ICPRAM 2014, held in Angers, France, in March 2014.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web-Based Learning, ICWL 2015, held in Guangzhou, China, in Noavember 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Chinese Conference on Biometric Recognition, CCBR 2015, held in Tianjin, China, in November 2015.

The volume LNCS 9377 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2015, held in Jeju, South Korea in October 2015.

This text presents a wide-ranging and rigorous overview of nearest neighbor methods, one of the most important paradigms in machine learning.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2015, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2015, held in Chongqing, China, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference, VISIGRAPP 2014, consisting of the Joint Conferences on Computer Vision (VISAPP), the International Conference on Computer Graphics, GRAPP 2014 and the International Conference on Information Visualization, IVAPP 2014, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in January 2014.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Similarity Search and Applications, SISAP 2015, held in Glasgow, UK, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Geometric Science of Information, GSI 2015, held in Palaiseau, France, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 37th German Conference on Pattern Recognition, GCPR 2015, held in Aachen, Germany, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2015, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2015, in Munich in October 2015.

This interdisciplinary volume presents a detailed overview of the latest advances and challenges remaining in the field of adaptive biometric systems.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the16th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and AutomatedLearning, IDEAL 2015, held in Wroclaw, Poland, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Augmented Environments for Computer-Assisted Interventions, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2015, in Munich, Germany in October 2015.

The three-volume set LNCS 9349, 9350, and 9351 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2015, held in Munich, Germany, in October 2015.

The three-volume set LNCS 9349, 9350, and 9351 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2015, held in Munich, Germany, in October 2015.

The three-volume set LNCS 9349, 9350, and 9351 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2015, held in Munich, Germany, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, ALT 2015, held in Banff, AB, Canada, in October 2015, and co-located with the 18th International Conference on Discovery Science, DS 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of theSecond International Conference on Data Science, ICDS 2015, held in Sydney,Australia, during August 8-9, 2015.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Workshop on Multimodal Retrieval in the Medical Domain, MRMD 2015, held in Vienna, Austria, on March 29, 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis, which was held in October 2015 in Saint Etienne.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th International Meeting on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, CIBB 2014, held in Cambridge, UK, in June 2014.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th IFIP TC 8 International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management, CISIM 2015, held in Warsaw, Poland, in September 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, A*IA 2015, held in Ferrara, Italy, in September 2015.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Similarity Based Pattern Analysis and Recognition, SIMBAD 2015, which was held in Copenahgen, Denmark, in October 2015.

This book summarizes the state-of-the-art in unsupervised learning.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding, HBU 2015, held in Osaka, Japan, in September 2015.

The two-volume proceedings LNCS 9314 and 9315, constitute the proceedings of the 16th Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2015, held in Gwangju, South Korea, in September 2015.

The two-volume proceedings LNCS 9314 and 9315, constitute the proceedings of the 16th Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2015, held in Gwangju, South Korea, in September 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Text, Speech and Dialogue, TSD 2015, held in Pilsen, Czech Republic, in September 2015.

The two-volume set LNCS 9242 + 9243 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering, IScIDE 2015, held in Suzhou, China, in June 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks, EANN 2015, held in Rhodes, Greece, in September 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 12.

The two-volume set LNCS 9242 + 9243 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering, IScIDE 2015, held in Suzhou, China, in June 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on String Processing and Information Retrieval, SPIRE 2015, held in London, UK, in September 2015.

The main purpose of this book is to resolve deficiencies and limitations that currently exist when using Technical Analysis (TA).

The three volume set LNAI 9284, 9285, and 9286 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2015, held in Porto, Portugal, in September 2015.

The three volume set LNAI 9284, 9285, and 9286 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2015, held in Porto, Portugal, in September 2015.

The three volume set LNAI 9284, 9285, and 9286 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2015, held in Porto, Portugal, in September 2015.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on Brain Informatics and Health, BIH 2015, held in London, UK, in August/September 2015.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Modeling Decisions for Artificial Intelligence, MDAI 2015, held in Skovde, Sweden, in September 2015.

The two-volume set LNCS 9279 and 9280 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2015, held in Genoa, Italy, in September 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of seven workshops held at the 18th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2015, in Genoa, Italy, in September 2015: International Workshop on Recent Advances in Digital Security: Biometrics and Forensics, BioFor 2015; International Workshop on Color in Texture and Material Recognition, CTMR 2015; International Workshop on Medical Imaging in Rheumatology: Advanced applications for the analysis of in ammation and damage in the rheumatoid Joint, RHEUMA 2015; International Workshop on Image-Based Smart City Application, ISCA 2015; International Workshop on Multimedia Assisted Dietary Management, MADiMa 2015; International Workshop on Scene Background Modeling and initialization, SBMI 2015; and International Workshop on Image and Video Processing for Quality of Multimedia Experience, QoEM 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Speech and Computer, SPECOM 2015, held in Athens, Greece, in September 2015.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Processing in Cells and Tissues, IPCAT 2015, held in San Diego, CA, USA, in September 2015.

Describing several new biometric technologies, such as high-resolution fingerprint, finger-knuckle-print, multi-spectral backhand, 3D fingerprint, tongueprint, 3D ear, and multi-spectral iris recognition technologies, this book analyzes a number of efficient feature extraction, matching and fusion algorithms and how potential systems have been developed.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Latent Variable Analysis and Signal Separation, LVA/ICS 2015, held in Liberec, Czech Republic, in August 2015.