Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Mathematics and Statistics. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 192-206) and index. Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR29494

Thesis (M. Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-52). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on March 23, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

published_or_final_version / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Master / Master of Philosophy

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2004. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 89 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-59).

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1990.

by Tsang Kwok Hang Elton. / Thesis submitted in: December 1998. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-83). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Virtual-hand Recognition --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Hand model --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Hand structure --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Motions of the hand joints --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Hand-tracking technologies --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Glove-based tracking --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Image-based tracking --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- Problems in virtual-hand recognition --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Hand complexity --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Human variations --- p.13 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Immature hand-tracking technologies --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Time-varying signal --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3.5 --- Efficiency --- p.14 / Chapter 3 --- Previous Work --- p.16 / Chapter 3.1 --- Posture and gesture recognition algorithms --- p.16 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Template Matching --- p.17 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Neural networks --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Statistical classification --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1.4 --- Discontinuity matching --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1.5 --- Model-based analysis --- p.23 / Chapter 3.1.6 --- Hidden Markov Models --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2 --- Hand-input systems --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Gesture languages --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- 3D modeling --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Medical visualization --- p.26 / Chapter 4 --- Posture Recognition --- p.28 / Chapter 4.1 --- Fuzzy concepts --- p.28 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Degree of membership --- p.29 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Certainty factor --- p.30 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Evidence combination --- p.30 / Chapter 4.2 --- Fuzzy posture recognition system --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Objectives --- p.32 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- System overview --- p.32 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Input parameters --- p.33 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Posture database --- p.36 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Classifier --- p.37 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Identifier --- p.40 / Chapter 5 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.42 / Chapter 5.1 --- Experiments --- p.42 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Accuracy analysis --- p.43 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Efficiency analysis --- p.46 / Chapter 5.2 --- Discussion --- p.48 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Strengths and weaknesses --- p.48 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Summary --- p.50 / Chapter 6 --- Posture Database Editor --- p.51 / Chapter 6.1 --- System architecture --- p.51 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Hardware configuration --- p.51 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Software tools --- p.53 / Chapter 6.2 --- User interface --- p.54 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Menu bar --- p.55 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Working frame and data frame --- p.56 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- Control panel --- p.56 / Chapter 7 --- An Application: 3D Virtual World Modeler --- p.59 / Chapter 7.1 --- System Design --- p.60 / Chapter 7.2 --- Common operations --- p.62 / Chapter 7.3 --- Virtual VRML Worlds --- p.65 / Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.70 / Chapter 8.1 --- Summaries on previous work --- p.70 / Chapter 8.2 --- Contributions --- p.73 / Chapter 9 --- Future Work --- p.75 / Bibliography --- p.78

Thesis (M.S.) -- Central Connecticut State University, 2009. / Thesis advisor: Roger Bilisoly. "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Data Mining." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-124). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-194). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 190-194). Also available on the Internet.