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Fingerprint Classification

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Syntactic Pattern Recognition, Applications

Part of the book series: Communication and Cybernetics ((COMMUNICATION,volume 14))

Abstract

Development of advanced digital computers has attracted the interest of government, industry, and many researchers in picture processing. Picture classification is concerned with classification of unknown patterns into one of the several categories. The problem is to find a suitable technique for the pattern of interest. Often one is interested in unique identification of the unknown, but in the field of pattern recognition one is more concerned with determining into which of a number of categories the unknown pattern best fits. A general view indicates that the selection of categories depends on the subjective opinion of the researcher; and suitability of the classification technique can be determined only by the degree of confidence. Today one of the most interesting unknown patterns is fingerprint impressions which is the subject of this chapter.

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  1. School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    King Sun Fu PhD

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Moayer, B., Fu, K.S. (1977). Fingerprint Classification. In: Fu, K.S. (eds) Syntactic Pattern Recognition, Applications. Communication and Cybernetics, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66438-0_8

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