Shape understanding system: The visual reasoning process

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 663-683

  Les, Zbigniew ^b   Les, Magdalena ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Processing expert; Reasoning expert; Shape understanding; Visual concept; Visual reasoning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FORMAL LOGIC;

COGNITION; SHAPE UNDERSTANDING; VISUAL REASONING;

IMAGE UNDERSTANDING;

EID: 0041842563     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001403002551     Document Type: Letter

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