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General pattern theory : a mathematical study of regular structures

Title
General pattern theory : a mathematical study of regular structures / Ulf Grenander.
Author
Grenander, Ulf.
Publication
Oxford : Clarendon ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1993], ©1993.

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Description
xxi, 883, 16 pages of plates : illustrations; 26 cm.
Series Statement
  • Oxford mathematical monographs
  • Oxford science publications
Uniform Title
  • Oxford mathematical monographs.
  • Oxford science publications.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [864]-880) and index.
Contents
Pt. I. Pattern Algebra. 1. Generators and configurations. 2. Images and patterns -- Pt. II. Pattern Topology. 3. Some topologies of regular structures -- Pt. III. Pattern Dynamics. 4. Abstract biological patterns. 5. Patterns of collective behaviour. 6. Patterns generated from extremum principles -- Pt. IV. Metric Pattern Theory. 7. General principles of MPT. 8. Pattern synthesis. 9. The first limit problem in MPT. 10. The second limit problem in MPT. 11. The limit problem in MPT -- Pt. V. Pattern Deformations. 12. Deformation mechanisms -- Pt. VI. Pattern Inference. 13. Ends and means in pattern analysis. 14. Bayesian pattern inference. 15. Lattice-based models. 16. Continuum-based models. 17. Non-Bayesian pattern inference. 18. Pattern recognition -- Pt. VII. Creating Regular Structures. 19. Creating generators. 20. Creating acceptor functions and connectors.
ISBN
0198536712 :
LCCN
94192330
OCLC
ocm29798363
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries