In this second edition every chapter of the first edition of Pattern
Analysis has been updated and expanded. The general view of a system for
pattern analysis and understanding has remained unchanged, but many
details have been revised. A short account of light and sound has been
added to the introduction, some normalization techniques and a basic
introduction to morphological operations have been added to the second
chapter. Chapter 3 has been expanded significantly by topics like
motion, depth, and shape from shading; additional material has also been
added to the already existing sections of this chapter. The old sections
of Chap. 4 have been reorganized, a general view of the classification
problem has been added and material provided to incorporate techniques
of word and object recognition and to give a short account of some types
of neural nets. Almost no changes have been made in Chap. 5. The part on
representation of control structures in Chap. 6 has been shortened, a
section on the judgement of results has been added. Chapter 7 has been
rewritten almost completely; the section on formal grammars has been
reduced, the sections on production systems, semantic networks, and
knowledge acquisition have been expanded, and sections on logic and
explanation added. The old Chaps. 8 and 9 have been omitted. In summary,
the new edition is a thorough revision and extensive update of the first
one taking into account the progress in the field during recent years.
