Contents


Preface

The impact of pattern recognition on the improvement of human life cannot go unnoticed. Additionally, its uni ue ualities have aroused considerable interest and are desired by the military, many governmental institutions and state offices, as

Significantly, systems of pattern recognition are becoming increasingly applicable in many areas with various studies on new methods and prototypes being carried out in different countries now reaching thousands. Pattern recognition combined with biometrics creates security systems that protect objects from unauthorized persons on the one hand andsystems that support the protection of significant state infrastructure facilities such as airports, ports, and many more on the other. In medicine, pattern recognition helps diagnosticians and doctors to detect abnormal lesions and disease outbreaks, and create systems for early diagnosis of diseases. Technical sciences among others use pattern recognition in the identification of prefailure states. One could point to hundreds of other applications. The wide application of pattern recognition in many areas of human activity is now more than obvious. Unlocking our smartphone with a fingerprint or showing our face would not be possible without pattern recognition methods. This has resulted in the design of novel methods, algorithms, and systems that are directly or indirectly

I hope that this book will contribute to the propagation and further development of

**Andrzej Zak**

Polish Naval Academy, Gdynia, Poland

well as ordinary people.

connected with pattern recognition.

knowledge in the field of pattern recognition.
