This series aims at reporting new developments of a high mathematical standard and of current interest. Each volume in the series shall be devoted to mathematical analysis that has been applied, or potentially applicable to the solutions of scientific, engineering, and social problems. The first volume of WSSIAA contains 42 research articles on differential equations by leading mathematicians from all over the world. This volume has been dedicated to V. Lakshmikantham on his 65th birthday for his significant contributions in the field of differential equations. Some of the contributors of...

This book describes the design of a complete, flexible system for perceptual organization in computer vision using graph theoretic techniques, voting methods, and an extension of the Bayesian networks called perceptual inference networks (PINs). The PIN, which forms the heart of the algorithm, is based on Bayesian probabilistic networks and has potential for being used in other spatial information tasks. The book also has a comprehensive review of the prior work in the area. It not only classifies the prior work but also identifies some areas of future work.