1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453403703321

Autore

Davies Rhodri

Titolo

Statistical models of shape [[electronic resource] ] : optimisation and evaluation / / Rhodri H. Davies, Carole Twining, Chris Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Springer, c2008

ISBN

1-281-95485-3

9786611954857

1-84800-138-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TwiningCarole

TaylorChris (Christopher J.)

Disciplina

514.24

Soggetti

Shape theory (Topology) - Statistical methods

Mathematical optimization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-302) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Statistical Models of Shape and Appearance -- Establishing Correspondence -- Objective Functions -- Re-parameterisation of Open and Closed Curves -- Parameterisation and Re-parameterisation of Surfaces -- Optimisation -- Non-parametric Regularization -- Evaluation of Statistical Models.

Sommario/riassunto

Statistical models of shape, learnt from a set of examples, are a widely-used tool in image interpretation and shape analysis. Integral to this learning process is the establishment of a dense groupwise correspondence across the set of training examples. This book gives a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the optimisation approach to shape correspondence, and the question of evaluating the quality of the resulting model in the absence of ground-truth data. It begins with a complete account of the basics of statistical shape models, for both finite and infinite-dimensional representations of shape, and includes linear, non-linear, and kernel-based approaches to modelling distributions of shapes. The optimisation approach is then developed, with a detailed discussion of the various objective functions available for establishing correspondence, and a particular focus on the



Minimum Description Length approach. Various methods for the manipulation of correspondence for shape curves and surfaces are dealt with in detail, including recent advances such as the application of fluid-based methods. This complete and self-contained account of the subject area brings together results from a fifteen-year program of research and development. It includes proofs of many of the basic results, as well as mathematical appendices covering areas which may not be totally familiar to some readers. Comprehensive implementation details are also included, along with extensive pseudo-code for the main algorithms. Graduate students, researchers, teachers, and professionals involved in either the development or the usage of statistical shape models will find this an essential resource.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465100603321

Autore

Abisaab Rula Jurdi

Titolo

The Shi'ites of Lebanon [[electronic resource] ] : Modernism, Communism, and Hizbullah's Islamists / / Rula Jurdi Abisaab and Malek Abisaab

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Syracuse, New York : , : Syracuse University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8156-5301-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms

Altri autori (Persone)

AbisaabMalek Hassan

Disciplina

297.82

Soggetti

Social change - Lebanon - History

Communism - Lebanon - History

Islam and politics - Lebanon - History

Shiites - Lebanon - Social conditions

Shiites - Lebanon - Politics and government

Electronic books.

Lebanon Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- The Shi`ites and Grand Liban -- Education, modernism,



and anticolonial struggle -- Communists in the `Ulama's homes : economic shifts, religious culture, and the state -- The "Shi`ite communist," the clerical movement, and the Islamists in Iraq -- Shi`ite discontent : Sayyid Musa al-Sadr and the Left -- Political Islam and the formation of Hizbullah -- The Islamists and civil society -- The Islamists : modernity and predicament of the nation-state -- Conclusion.