ion refinement, 134, 140, 146Albrecht, I., 261Albrecht, M., 205ALCOM-FT, see project, ALCOM-FTalgorithm engineering, 97Althaus, E., 58, 61, 75Animation Quality Metric, 310Annen, K., 312Antelao, 320ARMC, 139, 146arrangements of curves, 76arrangements of surfaces, 76assembly, 82authenticity, 346automata theory, 132 Backes, Werner, 134, 146<l...

1. Project summary In this project we aim to invent and develop new techniques for the retrieval of figurative images (such as clip art, logos, signs) from large databases. Our techniques will be based on the extraction and matching of perceptually relevant shape features, thereby overcoming many of the limitations of existing methods. This project will develop and evaluate new algorithms for: ...

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