Face recognition using fuzzy Integral and wavelet decomposition method

In this paper, we develop a method for recognizing face images by combining wavelet decomposition, Fisherface method, and fuzzy integral. The proposed approach is comprised of four main stages. The first stage uses the wavelet decomposition that helps extract intrinsic features of face images. As a result of this decomposition, we obtain four subimages (namely approximation, horizontal, vertical, and diagonal detailed images). The second stage of the approach concerns the application of the Fisherface method to these four decompositions. The choice of the Fisherface method in this setting is motivated by its insensitivity to large variation in light direction, face pose, and facial expression. The two last phases are concerned with the aggregation of the individual classifiers by means of the fuzzy integral. Both Sugeno and Choquet type of fuzzy integral are considered as the aggregation method. In the experiments we use n-fold cross-validation to assure high consistency of the produced classification outcomes. The experimental results obtained for the Chungbuk National University (CNU) and Yale University face databases reveal that the approach presented in this paper yields better classification performance in comparison to the results obtained by other classifiers.     

Face recognition using a fuzzy fisherface classifier

In this study, we are concerned with face recognition using fuzzy fisherface approach and its fuzzy set based augmentation. The well-known fisherface method is relatively insensitive to substantial variations in light direction, face pose, and facial expression. This is accomplished by using both principal component analysis and Fisher's linear discriminant analysis. What makes most of the methods of face recognition (including the fisherface approach) similar is an assumption about the same level of typicality (relevance) of each face to the corresponding class (category). We propose to incorporate a gradual level of assignment to class being regarded as a membership grade with anticipation that such discrimination helps improve classification results. More specifically, when operating on feature vectors resulting from the PCA transformation we complete a Fuzzy K-nearest neighbor class assignment that produces the corresponding degrees of class membership. The comprehensive experiments completed on ORL, Yale, and CNU (Chungbuk National University) face databases show improved classification rates and reduced sensitivity to variations between face images caused by changes in illumination and viewing directions. The performance is compared vis-à-vis other commonly used methods, such as eigenface and fisherface.     

Prediction of Dinghy Boom Direction Using Intelligent Predictor

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems - In this study, an intelligent predictor is designed for predicting the direction of dinghy booms and coaching dinghy sailing using the...     

Deterioration of visual information in face classification using Eigenfaces and Fisherfaces

In the area of biometrics, face classification becomes one of the most appealing and commonly used approaches for personal identification. There has been an ongoing quest for designing systems that exhibit high classification rates and portray significant robustness. This feature becomes of paramount relevance when dealing with noisy and uncertain images. The design of face recognition classifiers capable of operating in presence of deteriorated (noise affected) face images requires a careful quantification of deterioration of the existing approaches vis-à-vis anticipated form and levels of image distortion. The objective of this experimental study is to reveal some general relationships characterizing the performance of two commonly used face classifiers (that is Eigenfaces and Fisherfaces) in presence of deteriorated visual information. The findings obtained in our study are crucial to identify at which levels of noise the face classifiers can still be considered valid. Prior knowledge helps us develop adequate face recognition systems. We investigate several typical models of image distortion such as Gaussian noise, salt and pepper, and blurring effect and demonstrate their impact on the performance of the two main types of the classifiers. Several distance models derived from the Minkowski family of distances are investigated with respect to the produced classification rates. The experimental environment concerns a well-known standard in this area of face biometrics such as the FERET database. The study reports on the performance of the classifiers, which is based on a comprehensive suite of experiments and delivers several design hints supporting further developments of face classifiers. Gabriel Jarillo Alvarado obtained his B.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico. In 2003 he obtained his M.Sc. degree from the University of Alberta at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, he is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program at the same University. His research interests involve machine learning, pattern recognition, and evolutionary computation with particular interest to biometrics for personal identification. Witold Pedrycz is a Professor and Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Computational Intelligence) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. His research interests involve Computational Intelligence, fuzzy modeling, knowledge discovery and data mining, fuzzy control including fuzzy controllers, pattern recognition, knowledge-based neural networks, relational computing, and Software Engineering. He has published numerous papers in this area. He is also an author of 9 research monographs. Witold Pedrycz has been a member of numerous program committees of conferences in the area of fuzzy sets and neurocomputing. He currently serves on editorial board of numereous journals including IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics, Pattern Recognition Letters, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Sets & Systems, and IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. He is an Editor-in-Chief of Information Sciences. Marek Reformat received his M.Sc. degree from Technical University of Poznan, Poland, and his Ph.D. from University of Manitoba, Canada. His interests were related to simulation and modeling in time-domain, as well as evolutionary computing and its application to optimization problems For three years he worked for the Manitoba HVDC Research Centre, Canada, where he was a member of a simulation software development team. Currently, Marek Reformat is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Alberta. His research interests lay in the areas of application of Computational Intelligence techniques, such as neuro-fuzzy systems and evolutionary computing, as well as probabilistic and evidence theories to intelligent data analysis leading to translating data into knowledge. He applies these methods to conduct research in the areas of Software and Knowledge Engineering. He has been a member of program committees of several conferences related to Computational Intelligence and evolutionary computing. Keun-Chang Kwak received B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in the Department of Electrical Engineering from Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea, in 1996, 1998, and 2002, respectively. During 2002–2003, he worked as a researcher in the Brain Korea 21 Project Group, Chungbuk National University. His research interests include biometrics, computational intelligence, pattern recognition, and intelligent control.     

The Development of Incremental Models

In this study, we introduce and discuss a concept of an incremental granular model. In contrast to typical rule-based systems encountered in fuzzy modeling, the underlying principle exploited here is to consider a two-phase development of fuzzy models. First, we build a standard regression model which could be treated as a preliminary construct capturing the linear part of the data and in this way forming a backbone of the entire construct. Next, all modeling discrepancies are compensated by a collection of rules that become attached to the regions of the input space where the error is localized. The incremental model is constructed by building a collection of information granules through some specialized fuzzy clustering, called context-based (conditional) fuzzy C-means that is guided by the distribution of error of the linear part of the model. The architecture of the model is discussed along with the major algorithmic phases of its development. In particular, the issue of granularity of fuzzy sets of context and induced clusters is discussed vis-a-vis the performance of the model. Numeric studies concern some low-dimensional synthetic data and several datasets coming from the machine learning repository.     

Incremental modeling with rough and fine tuning method

In this paper, we propose a new learning approach for designing an incremental model that has a cascade learning structure combined with a rough and fine tuning method for the learning scheme. Recently, various fuzzy logic-based modeling methods, with fuzzy if-then type rules, have been proposed in an attempt to obtain good approximations and generalization performances. In contrast to these various modeling methods, the new proposed incremental modeling scheme presented here is combined with a rough and fine tuning scheme, to learn and construct the best architecture for the model. A compensation idea is introduced in the fine tuning stage to solve the over-fitting problem caused from testing data. For this purpose, a construct of an extreme learning machine (ELM) is used as a global model, and this is compensated through a conditional fuzzy C-means (CFCM)-based fuzzy inference system (FIS) with a Takagi–Sugeno–Kang (TSK)-type method, which captures the remaining localized nonlinearities of the model. The experimental results, obtained by the proposed model have proved to show better performances in comparison with previous works.     

Water quality prediction in a reservoir: Linguistic model approach for interval prediction

It is difficult to predict water quality in a reservoir because of the complex physical, chemical, and biological processes involved. In contrast to the well-known numeric models and artificial neural network models, Linguistic Models (LM) with context-based fuzzy clustering can offer reliable predictions of water quality. The main characteristics of LM are that it is user-centric and that it inherently dwells upon collections of highly interpretable and user-oriented entities, such as information granules. In this paper, we propose a model for evaluating water quality and then evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method by performing comparisons on water quality data sets from a reservoir. Finally, we found that the proposed method not only has the better prediction performance than other models, but also can offer reliable intervals for uncertainty evaluation about the water quality.     

Synthesis and properties of aromatic polyamides and polyesters containing spiroacetal and silphenylene units

Summary New polyamides and polyesters containing spiroacetal and silphenylene units were prepared by the low-temperature interfacial polycondensation reaction of 4,4-diaminodibenzalpentaerythritol (4-ABP) or 4,4-dihydroxydibenzalpentaerythritol (4-HBP) with bis(4-chlorocarbonylphenyl)dimethylsilane (DMS) or bis(4-chlorocarbonylphenyl)diphenylsilane(DPS). The resulting polymers have inherent viscosities in the range of 0.130.90 dL/g at 30°C in N,N-dimethylacetamide. These polymers were readily soluble in various polar solvents and were able to be cast into transparent and tough films. The glass transition temperatures of the polymers were detected in the range of 161253°C in their differential scanning calorimetry traces. No evidence of melting point was observed in all polymers. The solution-casted film of polyamide (PA-I) derived from 4-ABP and DMS showed ultimate strength of 73.4 MPa and initial modulus of 13.4 GPa.     

Face Recognition Using an Enhanced Independent Component Analysis Approach

This paper is concerned with an enhanced independent component analysis (ICA) and its application to face recognition. Typically, face representations obtained by ICA involve unsupervised learning and high-order statistics. In this paper, we develop an enhancement of the generic ICA by augmenting this method by the Fisher linear discriminant analysis (LDA); hence, its abbreviation, FICA. The FICA is systematically developed and presented along with its underlying architecture. A comparative analysis explores four distance metrics, as well as classification with support vector machines (SVMs). We demonstrate that the FICA approach leads to the formation of well-separated classes in low-dimension subspace and is endowed with a great deal of insensitivity to large variation in illumination and facial expression. The comprehensive experiments are completed for the facial-recognition technology (FERET) face database; a comparative analysis demonstrates that FICA comes with improved classification rates when compared with some other conventional approaches such as eigenface, fisherface, and the ICA itself