Refereed full papers (journals, book chapters, international conferences)

1996

@inproceedings{BiP1996,
	vgclass =	{refpap},
	vgproject =	{cbir},
	author =	{Bimbo, A. Del and P. Pala},
	title =	{Shape Indexing by Multi-scale Representation},
	booktitle =	{Image Databases and Multi-Media Search},
	address =	{Amsterdam, The Netherlands},
	pages =	{43--50},
	month =	{August},
	year =	{1996},
	abstract =	{Efficient image retrieval by contents from database
	requires that selective access methods are provided to prune out
	uninteresting items during the search process. In this paper we present
	a novel approach for indexing plane and closed curves, on the basis on
	their visual appearance. A hierarchical model of the curve is derived
	from its multi-scale analysis, and it is used to provide a description
	of the curve which is able to distinguish between its structural parts
	and its details.  To cope with the inherent uncertainty of shape
	appearance, fuzzy sets are used to represent the visual attributes of
	the shapes. In this way the shapes which share similar structural parts
	can be gathered and embedded into an index structure which retains the
	imprecision of shape description by embedding fuzziness in the index
	itself.},
}