On the Construction of Gestalt-Algebra Instances and a Measure for their Similarity

Eckart Michaelsen

2010

Abstract

Four construction principles that compose more complicated percep-tual gestalts from less complex ones are defined in detail: Mirror gestalts, lattice gestalts, rotational mandalas, and clusters, respectively. These can be encapsu-lated as constructions in a production system. Since any of the four constructions can work on any gestalt, a recursive and very expressive scheme is set up with many prospective applications in image mining. Of particular interest is such analysis for aerial and satellite images and for façade images of buildings.

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Michaelsen E. (2010). On the Construction of Gestalt-Algebra Instances and a Measure for their Similarity . In Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Image Mining Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IMTA, (VISIGRAPP 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-030-6, pages 51-59. DOI: 10.5220/0002962400510059


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@conference{imta10,
author={Eckart Michaelsen},
title={On the Construction of Gestalt-Algebra Instances and a Measure for their Similarity},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Image Mining Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IMTA, (VISIGRAPP 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={51-59},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002962400510059},
isbn={978-989-674-030-6},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Image Mining Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IMTA, (VISIGRAPP 2010)
TI - On the Construction of Gestalt-Algebra Instances and a Measure for their Similarity
SN - 978-989-674-030-6
AU - Michaelsen E.
PY - 2010
SP - 51
EP - 59
DO - 10.5220/0002962400510059