Intelligent Perceptual Systems: New Directions in Computational Perception

Perceptual processes in humans and machines, investigated

and simulated by means of the computational approach, are

the subject matter of this volume. Researchers in artificial

intelligence, pattern recognition, and psychology discuss

aspects of vision, speech understanding, sensory-motor

coordination, and their interplay with cognitive and

behavioral functionalities.

The papers adopt the computational approach as the basic

research paradigm. Connectionist models, numerical and

statistical techniques, symbolic (logic-based) formalisms,

and hybrid representations provide the formal background to

the research. Some of the papers were prepared for a

workshop held in Trieste, Italy, in October 1992.