Meet the editor

 Dr. Andrzej Zak comes from Poland. He graduated from the Military University of Technology with a Master of Science engineering degree in Computer Science. In the Polish Naval Academy, Dr. Zak did his degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences and the AGH University of Science and Technology awarded him a degree of doctor habilitated in technical science in the field of automation and robotics in the specialization of autonomous

underwater vehicles. His research area deals with issues related to the control of dynamic systems and the broadly understood hydroacoustics, especially data transmission and object detection and identification based on passive measurements. Dr. Zak has published many articles and conference papers covering topics related directly or indirectly to pattern recognition.

Contents

*by Andrzej Zak*

*and Chi Nhan D ong*

Image Processing Techniques

Novel Formulation of Parzen Data Analysis

Forecasting

*by Ihab Zaqo t*

*by David Horn*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 5**

**Chapter 3 25**

**Chapter 4 41**

**Chapter 5 65**

**Chapter 6 77**

**Chapter 7 95**

Introductory Chapter: Pattern Recognition as Cognitive Process

Formation of Inter Frame Deformation Field of Images Using

Depth Extraction from a Single Image and Its Application

Recurrent Level Set Networks for Instance Segmentation

Pattern Recognition and Its Application in Solar Radiation

*by Mahmo d Ghofrani, Rasool Azimi and Mastaneh Yo shi*

Diagnosis of Skin Lesions Based on Dermoscopic Images Using

*by Thi Hoang Ngan Le, Khoa L , Marios Savvides, Kha Gia Q ach*

Reverse Stochastic Gradient Estimation *by Alexander Tashlinskii and Pavel Smirnov*

*by Shih-Sh o T ng and Wen-Liang Hwang*
