ABSTRACT

Pattern theory is a distinctive approach to the analysis of all forms of real-world signals. At its core is the design of a large variety of probabilistic models whose samples reproduce the look and feel of the real signals, their patterns, and their variability. Bayesian statistical inference then allows you to apply these models in the analysis o

chapter 0|16 pages

What is Pattern Theory?

chapter 1|44 pages

English Text and Markov Chains

chapter 2|50 pages

Music and Piecewise Gaussian Models

chapter 5|68 pages

Faces and Flexible Templates

chapter 6|71 pages

Natural Scenes and Multiscale Analysis