Biometrics

Theory, Methods, and Applications

Konstantinos N Plataniotis editor N V Boulgouris editor Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:8th Dec '09

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Biometrics cover

Edited by a panel of experts, this book fills a gap in the existing literature by comprehensively covering system, processing, and application aspects of biometrics, based on a wide variety of biometric traits. The book provides an extensive survey of biometrics theory, methods,and applications, making it an indispensable source of information for researchers, security experts, policy makers, engineers, practitioners, and graduate students. The book's wide and in-depth coverage of biometrics enables readers to build a strong, fundamental understanding of theory and methods, and provides a foundation for solutions to many of today’s most interesting and challenging biometric problems.

Biometric traits covered:
Face, Fingerprint, Iris, Gait, Hand Geometry, Signature, Electrocardiogram (ECG), Electroencephalogram (EEG), physiological biometrics.

Theory, Methods and Applications covered:
Multilinear Discriminant Analysis, Neural Networks for biometrics, classifier design, biometric fusion, Event-Related Potentials, person-specific characteristic feature selection, image and video-based face, recognition/verification, near-infrared face recognition, elastic graph matching, super-resolution of facial images, multimodal solutions, 3D approaches to biometrics, facial aging models for recognition, information theory approaches to biometrics, biologically-inspired methods, biometric encryption, decision-making support in biometric systems, privacy in biometrics.

"The volume will have a great influence on the study of the subject. Exhaustively researched and presented with exemplary balance in presenting what is needed at the moment, the creation of this book is fully worthy of its demanding subject. No future evaluation or study or survey of biometrics theory, methods, and applications will be able to ignore this remarkable achievement in 500 pages in 26 chapters that will endure and will have impact on every aspect of the study of biometrics .....a reality that the authors powerfully communicate to researchers, security experts, policy makers, engineers, and graduate students. The editors' good sense, tact and balance in accomplishing their task are deeply impressive." (Current Engineering Practice, 2011)

"Filling a gap in the existing literature by comprehensively covering system, processing, and application aspects of biometrics, based on a wide variety of biometric traits, the book provides an extensive survey of biometrics theory, methods, and applications, making it an indispensable source of information for researchers, security experts, policy makers, engineers, practitioners, and graduate students. The book's wide and in-depth coverage of biometrics." (Current Engineering Practice, 2010)

ISBN: 9780470247822

Dimensions: 229mm x 160mm x 41mm

Weight: 1157g

762 pages