Transformation- and label-invariant neural network for the classification of landmark data

R. Southworth, K. V. Mardia and C. C. Taylor

Journal of Applied Statistics, 2000, vol. 27, issue 2, 205-215

Abstract: One method of expressing coarse information about the shape of an object is to describe the shape by its landmarks, which can be taken as meaningful points on the outline of an object. We consider a situation in which we want to classify shapes into known populations based on their landmarks, invariant to the location, scale and rotation of the shapes. A neural network method for transformation-invariant classification of landmark data is presented. The method is compared with the (non-transformation-invariant) complex Bingham rule; the two techniques are tested on two sets of simulated data, and on data that arise from mice vertebrae. Despite the obvious advantage of the complex Bingham rule because of information about rotation, the neural network method compares favourably.

Date: 2000
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