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| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Modeling and Optimization in Image Analysis | p. 1 |
| Modeling at the source of image analysis and synthesis | p. 1 |
| From image synthesis to analysis | p. 2 |
| Scene geometric modeling and image synthesis | p. 3 |
| Direct model inversion and the Hough transform | p. 4 |
| The deterministic Hough transform | p. 4 |
| Stochastic exploration of parameters: evolutionary ... MORE | p. 5 |
| Examples of generalization | p. 7 |
| Optimization and physical modeling | p. 9 |
| Photometric modeling | p. 9 |
| Motion modeling | p. 10 |
| Conclusion | p. 12 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 13 |
| Bibliography | p. 13 |
| Artificial Evolution and the Parisian Approach. Applications in the Processing of Signals and Images | p. 15 |
| Introduction | p. 15 |
| The Parisian approach for evolutionary algorithms | p. 15 |
| Applying the Parisian approach to inverse IFS problems | p. 17 |
| Choosing individuals for the evaluation process | p. 18 |
| Retribution of individuals | p. 18 |
| Results obtained on the inverse problems of IFS | p. 20 |
| Conclusion on the usage of the Parisian approach for inverse IFS problems | p. 22 |
| Collective representation: the Parisian approach and the Fly algorithm | p. 23 |
| The principles | p. 23 |
| Results on real images | p. 27 |
| Application to robotics: fly-based robot planning | p. 30 |
| Sensor fusion | p. 34 |
| Artificial evolution and real time | p. 37 |
| Conclusion about the fly algorithm | p. 39 |
| Conclusion | p. 40 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 41 |
| Bibliography | p. 41 |
| Wavelets and Fractals for Signal and Image Analysis | p. 45 |
| Introduction | p. 45 |
| Some general points on fractals | p. 46 |
| Fractals and paradox | p. 46 |
| Fractal sets and self-similarity | p. 47 |
| Fractal dimension | p. 49 |
| Multifractal analysis of signals | p. 54 |
| Regularity | p. 54 |
| Multifractal spectrum | p. 58 |
| Distribution of singularities based on wavelets | p. 60 |
| Qualitative approach | p. 60 |
| A rough guide to the world of wavelet | p. 60 |
| Wavelet Transform Modulus Maxima (WTMM) method | p. 63 |
| Spectrum of singularities and wavelets | p. 66 |
| WTMM and some didactic signals | p. 68 |
| Experiments | p. 70 |
| Fractal analysis of structures in images: applications in microbiology | p. 70 |
| Using WTMM for the classification of textures-application in the field of medical imagery | p. 72 |
| Conclusion | p. 76 |
| Bibliography | p. 76 |
| Information Criteria: Examples of Applications in Signal and Image Processing | p. 79 |
| Introduction and context | p. 79 |
| Overview of the different criteria | p. 81 |
| The case of auto-regressive (AR) models | p. 83 |
| Origin, written form and performance of different criteria on simulated examples | p. 84 |
| AR and the segmentation of images: a first approach | p. 87 |
| Extension to 2D AR and application to the modeling of textures | p. 89 |
| AR and the segmentation of images: second approach using 2D AR | p. 92 |
| Applying the process to unsupervised clustering | p. 95 |
| Law approximation with the help of histograms | p. 98 |
| Theoretical aspects | p. 98 |
| Two applications used for encoding images | p. 99 |
| Other applications | p. 103 |
| Estimation of the order of Markov models | p. 103 |
| Data fusion | p. 104 |
| Conclusion | p. 106 |
| Appendix | p. 106 |
| Kullback (-Leibler) information | p. 106 |
| Nishii's convergence criteria | p. 107 |
| Bibliography | p. 107 |
| Quadratic Programming and Machine Learning-Large Scale Problems and Sparsity | p. 111 |
| Introduction | p. 111 |
| Learning processes and optimization | p. 112 |
| General framework | p. 112 |
| Functional framework | p. 114 |
| Cost and regularization | p. 115 |
| The aims of realistic learning processes | p. 116 |
| From learning methods to quadratic programming | p. 117 |
| Primal and dual forms | p. 117 |
| Methods and resolution | p. 119 |
| Properties to be used: sparsity | p. 120 |
| Tools to be used | p. 120 |
| Structures of resolution algorithms | p. 121 |
| Decomposition methods | p. 121 |
| Solving quadratic problems | p. 123 |
| Online and non-optimized methods | p. 126 |
| Comparisons | p. 127 |
| Experiments | p. 128 |
| Comparison of empirical complexity | p. 128 |
| Very large databases | p. 130 |
| Conclusion | p. 132 |
| Bibliography | p. 133 |
| Probabilistic Modeling of Policies and Application to Optimal Sensor Management | p. 137 |
| Continuum, a path toward oblivion | p. 137 |
| The cross-entropy (CE) method | p. 138 |
| Probability of rare events | p. 139 |
| CE applied to optimization | p. 143 |
| Examples of implementation of CE for surveillance | p. 146 |
| Introducing the problem | p. 147 |
| Optimizing the distribution of resources | p. 149 |
| Allocating sensors to zones | p. 150 |
| Implementation | p. 151 |
| Example of implementation of CE for exploration | p. 153 |
| Definition of the problem | p. 153 |
| Applying the CE | p. 156 |
| Analyzing a simple example | p. 157 |
| Optimal control under partial observation | p. 158 |
| Decision-making in partially observed environments | p. 159 |
| Implementing CE | p. 162 |
| Example | p. 163 |
| Conclusion | p. 166 |
| Bibliography | p. 166 |
| Optimizing Emissions for Tracking and Pursuit of Mobile Targets | p. 169 |
| Introduction | p. 169 |
| Elementary modeling of the problem (deterministic case) | p. 170 |
| Estimability measurement of the problem | p. 170 |
| Framework for computing exterior products | p. 173 |
| Application to the optimization of emissions (deterministic case) | p. 175 |
| The case of a maneuvering target | p. 180 |
| The case of a target with a Markov trajectory | p. 181 |
| Conclusion | p. 189 |
| Appendix: monotonous functional matrices | p. 189 |
| Bibliography | p. 192 |
| Bayesian Inference and Markov Models | p. 195 |
| Introduction and application framework | p. 195 |
| Detection, segmentation and classification | p. 196 |
| General modeling | p. 199 |
| Markov modeling | p. 199 |
| Bayesian inference | p. 200 |
| Segmentation using the causal-in-scale Markov model | p. 201 |
| Segmentation into three classes | p. 203 |
| The classification of objects | p. 206 |
| The classification of seabeds | p. 212 |
| Conclusion and perspectives | p. 214 |
| Bibliography | p. 215 |
| The Use of Hidden Markov Models for Image Recognition: Learning with Artificial Ants, Genetic Algorithms and Particle Swarm Optimization | p. 219 |
| Introduction | p. 219 |
| Hidden Markov models (HMMs) | p. 220 |
| Definition | p. 220 |
| The criteria used in programming hidden Markov models | p. 221 |
| Using mataheuristics to learn HMMs | p. 223 |
| The different types of solution spaces used for the training of HMMs | p. 223 |
| The metaheuristics used for the training of the HMMs | p. 225 |
| Description, parameter setting and evaluation of the six approaches that are used to train HMMs | p. 226 |
| Genetic algorithms | p. 226 |
| The API algorithm | p. 228 |
| Particle swarm optimization | p. 230 |
| A behavioral comparison of the metaheuristics | p. 233 |
| Parameter setting of the algorithms | p. 234 |
| Comparing the algorithms' performances | p. 237 |
| Conclusion | p. 240 |
| Bibliography | p. 240 |
| Biological Metaheuristics for Road Sign Detection | p. 245 |
| Introduction | p. 245 |
| Relationship to existing works | p. 246 |
| Template and deformations | p. 248 |
| Estimation problem | p. 248 |
| A priori energy | p. 248 |
| Image energy | p. 249 |
| Three biological metaheuristics | p. 252 |
| Evolution strategies | p. 252 |
| Clonal selection (CS) | p. 255 |
| Particle swarm optimization | p. 259 |
| Experimental results | p. 259 |
| Preliminaries | p. 259 |
| Evaluation on the CD3 sequence | p. 261 |
| Conclusion | p. 265 |
| Bibliography | p. 266 |
| Metaheuristics for Continuous Variables. The Registration of Retinal Angiogram Images | p. 269 |
| Introduction | p. 269 |
| Metaheuristics for difficult optimization problems | p. 270 |
| Difficult optimization | p. 270 |
| Optimization algorithms | p. 272 |
| Image registration of retinal angiograms | p. 275 |
| Existing methods | p. 275 |
| A possible optimization method for image registration | p. 277 |
| Optimizing the image registration process | p. 279 |
| The objective function | p. 280 |
| The Nelder-Mead algorithm | p. 281 |
| The hybrid continuous interacting ant colony (HCIAC) | p. 283 |
| The continuous hybrid estimation of distribution algorithm | p. 285 |
| Algorithm settings | p. 288 |
| Results | p. 288 |
| Preliminary tests | p. 288 |
| Accuracy | p. 291 |
| Typical cases | p. 291 |
| Additional problems | p. 293 |
| Analysis of the results | p. 295 |
| Conclusion | p. 296 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 296 |
| Bibliography | p. 296 |
| Joint Estimation of the Dynamics and Shape of Physiological Signals through Genetic Algorithms | p. 301 |
| Introduction | p. 301 |
| Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials (BAEPs) | p. 302 |
| BAEP generation and their acquisition | p. 303 |
| Processing BAEPs | p. 303 |
| Genetic algorithms | p. 305 |
| BAEP dynamics | p. 307 |
| Validation of the simulated signal approach | p. 313 |
| Validating the approach on real signals | p. 320 |
| Acceleration of the GA's convergence time | p. 321 |
| The non-stationarity of the shape of the BAEPs | p. 324 |
| Conclusion | p. 327 |
| Bibliography | p. 327 |
| Using Interactive Evolutionary Algorithms to Help Fit Cochlear Implants | p. 329 |
| Introduction | p. 329 |
| Finding good parameters for the processor | p. 330 |
| Interacting with the patient | p. 331 |
| Choosing an optimization algorithm | p. 333 |
| Adapting an evolutionary algorithm to the interactive fitting of cochlear implants | p. 335 |
| Population size and the number of children per generation | p. 336 |
| Initialization | p. 336 |
| Parent selection | p. 336 |
| Crossover | p. 337 |
| Mutation | p. 337 |
| Replacement | p. 337 |
| Evaluation | p. 338 |
| Experiments | p. 339 |
| The first experiment with patient A | p. 339 |
| Analyzing the results | p. 343 |
| Second set of experiments: verifying the hypotheses | p. 345 |
| Third set of experiments with other patients | p. 349 |
| Medical issues which were raised during the experiments | p. 350 |
| Algorithmic conclusions for patient A | p. 352 |
| Conclusion | p. 354 |
| Bibliography | p. 354 |
| List of Authors | p. 357 |
| Index | p. 359 |
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