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Biometrics: Theory, Methods, and Applications
N. V. Boulgouris (Editor), Konstantinos N. Plataniotis (Editor), Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-52234-9
October 2009
Wiley-IEEE Press
762 pages
Biometric traits covered:
Face, Fingerprint, Iris, Gait, Hand Geometry, Signature, Electrocardiogram (ECG), Electroencephalogram (EEG), physiological biometrics.
Theory, Methods and Applications covered:
Multilinear Discriminant Analysis, Neural Networks for biometrics, classifier design, biometric fusion, Event-Related Potentials, person-specific characteristic feature selection, image and video-based face, recognition/verification, near-infrared face recognition, elastic graph matching, super-resolution of facial images, multimodal solutions, 3D approaches to biometrics, facial aging models for recognition, information theory approaches to biometrics, biologically-inspired methods, biometric encryption, decision-making support in biometric systems, privacy in biometrics.
Builds a strong, fundamental understanding of theory and methods and provides a foundation for solutions to many of today’s most interesting and challenging biometrics problems
Emphasis is given to emerging topics, such as userspecific parameterization, biometric individuality, biometric cryptosystems, quality measure of biometrics data, and sensor interoperability
Each chapter includes a summary and bibliography for further reading
Includes access to a Web site which will provide a wealth of information extending the book's content, including links to biometrics related forums.