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Syntactic (Linguistic) Pattern Recognition

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Digital Pattern Recognition

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This chapter provides an overview, illustrated by a great number of examples, of the syntactic (linguistic) pattern recognition. Languages are used to describe patterns, and syntax analysis procedures are employed as recognition procedures. Methods for the selection of pattern primitives are presented. Both one-dimensional (string) and high-dimensional grammars are discussed and their applications to one-dimensional and high-dimensional patterns demonstrated. Problems for further research are suggested.

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Fu, K.S. (1976). Syntactic (Linguistic) Pattern Recognition. In: Fu, K.S. (eds) Digital Pattern Recognition. Communication and Cybernetics, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96303-2_4

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