Biometrics: Theory, methods, and applications

✍ Scribed by N. V. Boulgouris, Konstantinos N. Plataniotis, Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 763
• Series: IEEE Press Series on Computational Intelligence
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An in-depth examination of the cutting edge of biometrics

This book fills a gap in the literature by detailing the recent advances and emerging theories, methods, and applications of biometric systems in a variety of infrastructures. Edited by a panel of experts, it provides comprehensive coverage of:

• Multilinear discriminant analysis for biometric signal recognition
• Biometric identity authentication techniques based on neural networks
• Multimodal biometrics and design of classifiers for biometric fusion
• Feature selection and facial aging modeling for face recognition
• Geometrical and statistical models for video-based face authentication
• Near-infrared and 3D face recognition
• Recognition based on fingerprints and 3D hand geometry
• Iris recognition and ECG-based biometrics
• Online signature-based authentication
• Identification based on gait
• Information theory approaches to biometrics
• Biologically inspired methods and biometric encryption
• Biometrics based on electroencephalography and event-related potentials

Biometrics: Theory, Methods, and Applications is an indispensable resource for researchers, security experts, policymakers, engineers, and graduate students.

✦ Table of Contents

Biometrics......Page 3
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Contributors......Page 15
1. Discriminant Analysis for Dimensionality Reduction: An Overview of Recent Developments......Page 19
2. A Taxonomy of Emerging Multilinear Discriminant Analysis Solutions for Biometric Signal Recognition......Page 39
3. A Comparative Survey on Biometric Identity Authentication Techniques Based on Neural Networks......Page 65
4. Designing Classifiers for Fusion-Based Biometric Verification......Page 99
5. Person-Specific Characteristic Feature Selection for Face Recognition......Page 131
6. Face Verification Based on Elastic Graph Matching......Page 161
7. Combining Geometrical and Statistical Models for Video-Based Face Recognition......Page 189
8. A Biologically Inspired Model for the Simultaneous Recognition of Identity and Expression......Page 213
9. Multimodal Biometrics Based on Near-Infrared Face Recognition......Page 243
10. A Novel Unobtrusive Face and Hand Geometry Authentication System Based on 2D and 3D Data......Page 259
11. Learning Facial Aging Models: A Face Recognition Perspective......Page 289
12. Super-Resolution of Face Images......Page 313
13. Iris Recognition......Page 333
14. Learning in Fingerprints......Page 357
15. A Comparison of Classification- and Indexing-Based Approaches for Fingerprint Identification......Page 383
16. Electrocardiogram (ECG) Biometric for Robust Identification and Secure Communication......Page 401
17. The Heartbeat: The Living Biometric......Page 447
18. Multimodal Physiological Biometrics Authentication......Page 479
19. A Multiresolution Analysis of the Effect of Face Familiarity on Human Event-Related Potentials......Page 501
20. On-Line Signature-Based Authentication: Template Security Issues and Countermeasures......Page 515
21. Unobtrusive Biometric Identification Based on Gait......Page 557
22. Distributed Source Coding for Biometrics: A Case Study on Gait Recognition......Page 577
23. Measuring Information Content in Biometric Features......Page 597
24. Decision-Making Support in Biometric-Based Physical Access Control Systems: Design Concept, Architecture, and Applications......Page 617
25. Privacy in Biometrics......Page 651
26. Biometric Encryption: The New Breed of Untraceable Biometrics......Page 673
Index......Page 737

✦ Subjects

Биологические дисциплины;Матметоды и моделирование в биологии;Биометрия;