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Applying Soft Computing in Defining Spatial Relations, Springer-Verlag Publications (P. Matsakis and L. Sztandera, Eds.), 2002.
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P. Matsakis, L. Wendling, J. Ni, “A General Approach to the Fuzzy Modeling of Spatial Relationships,” in Methods for Handling Imperfect Spatial Information, Springer-Verlag Publications (R. Jeansoulin, O. Papini, H. Prade and S. Schockaert, Eds.), 26 pages, in press.
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P. Matsakis and D. Nikitenko, “Combined Extraction of Directional and Topological Relationship Information from 2D Concave Objects,” in Fuzzy Modeling with Spatial Information for Geographic Problems, Springer-Verlag Publications (M. Cobb, F. Petry, V. Robinson, Eds.), pp. 15-40, February 2005.
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J. Keller, P. Matsakis, M. Skubic, "Beyond 2001: The Linguistic Spatial Odyssey," in Computational Intelligence Beyond 2001: Real and Imagined, Wiley (C. Robinson, Ed.), August 2003.
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P. Matsakis, "Understanding the Spatial Organization of Image Regions by Means of Force Histograms: A Guided Tour," in Applying Soft Computing in Defining Spatial Relations, Springer-Verlag Publications (P. Matsakis, L. Sztandera, Eds.), pp. 99-122, September 2002.
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J. Ni and P. Matsakis, “An Equivalent Definition of the Histogram of Forces: Theoretical and Algorithmic Implications,” Pattern Recognition, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 1607-17, April 2010.
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P. Matsakis, L. Wawrzyniak, J. Ni, “Relative Positions in Words: A System that Builds Descriptions Around Allen Relations,” Int. J. of Geographical Information Science, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 1-23, January 2010.
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L. Wawrzyniak, D. Nikitenko, P. Matsakis, "Speaking with Spatial Relations," Int. J. of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, Special Issue on Intelligent Image and Video Processing and Applications: The Role of Uncertainty, vol. 1, nos. 3/4, pp. 280-300, June 2006.
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M. Skubic, S. Blisard, C. Bailey, J. Adams, P. Matsakis, "Qualitative Analysis of Sketched Route Maps: Translating a Sketch into Linguistic Descriptions," TSMC Part B (IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics), vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 1275-82, April 2004.
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P. Matsakis, J. Keller, O. Sjahputera, J. Marjamaa, "The Use of Force Histograms for Affine-Invariant Relative Position Description," PAMI (IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence), vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 1-18, January 2004. Note that the proposed title—referenced in a few other publications—originally was “Image Object Pair Matching with Camera Pose Estimation.”
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M. Skubic, P. Matsakis, G. Chronis, J. Keller, "Generating Multi-level Linguistic Spatial Descriptions from Range Sensor Readings Using the Histogram of Forces," Autonomous Robots, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 51-69, January 2003.
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L. Wendling, S. Tabbone, P. Matsakis, "Fast and Robust Recognition of Orbit and Sinus Drawings Using Histograms of Forces," Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 23, no. 14, pp. 1687-1693, December 2002.
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P. Matsakis, J. Keller, L. Wendling, J. Marjamaa, O. Sjahputera, "Linguistic Description of Relative Positions in Images," TSMC Part B (IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics), vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 573-588, August 2001. pdf file

S. Andréfouët, M. Claereboudt, P. Matsakis, J. Pagès, P. Dufour, "Typology of atoll rims in Tuamotu Archipelago at landscape scale using SPOT HRV images," IJRS (Int. Journal of Remote Sensing), vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 987-1004, April 2001.
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P. Matsakis, S. Andréfouët, P. Capolsini, "Evaluation of Fuzzy Partitions," RSE (Remote Sensing of Environment), vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 515-532, December 2000. 
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avi movies		P. Matsakis and L. Wendling, "A New Way to Represent the Relative Position of Areal Objects," PAMI (IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence), vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 634-643, July 1999. pdf file
P. Matsakis, L. Wendling, J. Desachy, " Représentation de la position relative d'objets 2D au moyen d'un histogramme de forces," Traitement du Signal, vol.15, no.1, pp.63-76, March 1998.

 

P. Matsakis, J. Ni and M. Veltman, “Directional Relationships to a Reference Object: A Quantitative Approach Based on Force Fields,” ICIP 2009 (16th IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing), Cairo, Egypt, November 2009, Proceedings, pp. 321-24.

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J. Ni, M. Veltman and P. Matsakis, “Directional Force Field-Based Maps: Implementation and Application,” CAIP 2009 (13th IAPR Int. Conf. on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns), Munster, Germany, September 2009, Proceedings, pp. 309-17.

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J. Ni, P. Matsakis, "Force Histograms Computed in O(NlogN)," ICPR’2008 (19th IAPR Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition), Tampa, Florida, December 2008, Proceedings, pp. 1-4.

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L. Wendling, J. Rendek and P. Matsakis, “Selection of Suitable Set of Decision Rules Using Choquet Integral,” SSPR&SPR 2008 (Joint IAPR Int. Workshop on Structural, Syntactic, and Statistical Pattern Recognition), Orlando, Florida, December 2008, Proceedings, pp. 947-55.

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L. Wendling, J. Rendek, P. Matsakis, "Reconnaissance de symboles graphiques par le biais de l’intégrale de Choquet,” CIFED 2008 (Colloque International Francophone sur l’Écrit et le Document), Rouen, France, October 2008, Proceedings, pp. 175-80.
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X. Wang, P. Matsakis, L. Trick, B. Nonnecke, M. Veltman, “A Study on How Humans Describe Relative Positions of Image Objects,” SDH 2008 (13th Int. Symposium on Spatial Data Handling), Montpellier, France, June 2008, Headway in Spatial Data Handling, Springer Publications (A. Ruas and C. Gold, Eds.), pp. 1-18.

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S. Coros, J. Ni, P. Matsakis, "Object Localization Based on Directional Information: Case of 2D Vector Data," ACM-GIS'06 (14th Int. Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems), Arlington, Virginia, November 2006, Proceedings, pp. 163-70.

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P. Matsakis, J. Ni, X. Wang, "Object Localization Based on Directional Information: Case of 2D Raster Data," ICPR'2006 (18th IAPR Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition), Hong-Kong, August 2006, Proceedings, pp. 142-6.

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X. Wang, J. Ni, P. Matsakis, "Fuzzy Object Localization Based on Directional (and Distance) Information," WCCI 2006 (4th IEEE World Congress in Computational Intelligence), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 2006, Proceedings, pp. 256-63.

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L. Wawrzyniak, D. Nikitenko, P. Matsakis, "Describing Topological Relationships in Words: Refinements," FUZZ-IEEE 2005 (IEEE Int. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems), Reno, Nevada, USA, May 2005, Proceedings, pp. 743-48.

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J. Ni, P. Matsakis, L. Wawrzyniak, “Quantitative Representation of the Relative Position Between 3D Objects,” VIIP 2004 (4th IASTED Int. Conf. on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing), Marbella, Spain, September 2004, Proceedings, ACTA Press, 452-289.

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L. Wawrzyniak, P. Matsakis, D. Nikitenko, “Representing Topological Relationships Between Complex Regions by F-Histograms,” SDH 2004 (11th Int. Symposium on Spatial Data Handling), Leicester, UK, August 2004, in Developments in Spatial Data Handling, Springer Publications (P. F. Fisher, Ed.), pp. 245-258.

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R. Bondugula, P. Matsakis, J. Keller, “Force Histograms and Neural Networks for Human-Based Spatial Relationship Generalization,” NCI 2004 (IASTED Int. Conf. on Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence), Grindelwald, Switzerland, February 2004, Proceedings, ACTA Press, 413-094.

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O. Sjahputera, J. Keller, P. Matsakis, R. Bondugula, “Temporal Fusion in Dynamic Linguistic Descriptions,” FUZZ-IEEE 2003 (IEEE Int. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems), St. Louis, Missouri, USA, May 2003, Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 618-623.

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O. Sjahputera, P. Matsakis, J. Keller, R. Bondugula, "Linguistic Descriptions for an Object in Motion," NAFIPS'2002 (North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society), New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2002, Proceedings, pp. 243-248.
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P. Matsakis, S. Andréfouët, "The Fuzzy Line Between Among and Surround," FUZZ-IEEE 2002 (IEEE Int. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems), Honolulu, Hawaii, May 2002, Proceedings, vol. 2, pp. 1596-1601.
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M. Skubic, S. Blisard, A. Carle, P. Matsakis, "Hand-Drawn Maps for Robot Navigation," AAAI Spring Symposium 2002 (American Association for Artificial Intelligence), Palo Alto, California, March 2002, Proceedings.

C. Shyu, P. Matsakis, "Spatial Lesion Indexing for Medical Image Databases Using Force Histograms," CVPR'2001 (IEEE Int. Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition), Kauai, Hawaii, December 2001, Proceedings, vol. 2, pp. 603-608.
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H. Suzuki, P. Matsakis, J. Desachy, "Fuzzy Image Classification and Combinatorial Optimization Strategies for Exploiting Structural Knowledge," FUZZ-IEEE 2001 (IEEE Int. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems), Melbourne, Australia, December 2001, Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 324-327.
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J. Marjamaa, O. Sjahputera, J. Keller, P. Matsakis, "Fuzzy Scene Matching in LADAR Imagery," FUZZ-IEEE 2001 (IEEE Int. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems), Melbourne, Australia, December 2001, Proceedings, vol. 2, pp. 692-695.
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H. Suzuki, P. Matsakis, S. Andréfouët, J. Desachy, "Satellite Image Classification Using Expert Structural Knowledge: A Method Based on Fuzzy Partition Computation and Simulated Annealing," IAMG'2001 (Annual Conf. of the Int. Association for Mathematical Geology), Cancún, Mexico, September 2001, Proceedings.
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H. Suzuki, P. Matsakis, J. Desachy, "Exploitation de connaissances structurelles en classification d'images : utilisation de méthodes heuristiques d'optimisation combinatoire", ORASIS'2001 (Conference on Computer Vision), Cahors, June 2001, Proceedings, pp. 455-464.
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M. Skubic, P. Matsakis, B. Forrester, G. Chronis, "Extracting Navigation States from a Hand-Drawn Map", ICRA'2001 (IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation), Seoul, Korea, May 2001, Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 259-64.
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M. Skubic, G. Chronis, P. Matsakis, J. Keller, "Generating Linguistic Spatial Descriptions from Sonar Readings Using the Histogram of Forces", ICRA'2001 (IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation), Seoul, Korea, May 2001, Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 485-90.
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M. Skubic, G. Chronis, P. Matsakis, J. Keller, "Spatial Relations for Tactical Robot Navigation," Aerosense 2001 (SPIE Int. Symposium on Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls), Orlando, Florida, USA, April 2001, Proceedings, vol. 4364.
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P. Matsakis, L. Wendling, "Orbit and Sinus Classification Based on Force Histogram Computation", ICPR'2000 (IAPR Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition), Barcelona, Spain, September 2000, Proceedings, vol. 2, pp. 451-454.
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O. Sjahputera, J. Keller, P. Matsakis, P. Gader, J. Marjamaa , "Histogram-Based Scene Matching Measures," NAFIPS'2000 (North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society), Atlanta, Georgia, July 2000, Proceedings, pp. 392-396.
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P. Matsakis, L. Wendling, "Classification d'orbites et de sinus s'appuyant sur le calcul d'histogrammes de forces", RFIA'2000 (Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence), Paris, February 2000, Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 111-118.

P. Matsakis, J. Keller, L. Wendling, "F-histogrammes et relations spatiales directionnelles floues", LFA'99 (Conference on Fuzzy Logic and Its Applications), Valenciennes, October 1999, Proceedings, vol. 1, pp. 207-213.
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J. Keller, P. Matsakis, "Aspects of High Level Computer Vision Using Fuzzy Sets", FUZZ-IEEE 1999 (IEEE Int. Conf. on Fuzzy Systems), Seoul, Korea, August 1999, Proceedings, pp. 847-852.
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P. Matsakis, J. Gadiou, J. Desachy, "Defining Cost Functions and Profitability Measures for Digraphs Associated with Raster DEMs", ICIAP'97 (IAPR Int. Conf. on Image Analysis and Processing), Florence, Italy, September 1997, Proceedings, LNCS 1310, Springer-Verlag, vol.1, pp.198-205.
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