On what it means to see, and what we can do about it

Object Categorization: Computer and Human Vision Perspectives

Volumn 9780521887380, Issue , 2009, Pages 69-86

  Edelman, Shimon ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER RECOGNITION; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGY; HIGH-LEVEL VISIONS; INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN; TEMPLATE LIBRARIES;

TEMPLATE MATCHING;

EID: 84867089530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511635465.005     Document Type: Chapter

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