Statistical models for assessing the individuality of fingerprints

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-401

  Zhu, Yongfang ^a,b   Dass, Sarat C ^b   Jain, Anil K ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingerprint identification; Image processing; Pattern classification; Pattern clustering methods; Pattern matching; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN MATCHING; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION; PATTERN CLUSTERING METHODS; STATISTICAL MODELS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 34548067136     PISSN: 15566013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2007.903846     Document Type: Article

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