Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, CIARP 2007, held in Valparaiso, Chile, November 13-16, 2007. This book includes papers that cover research and mathematical methods for pattern recognition, image analysis, and applications in such diverse areas as computer vision, industry, and health.

Keynote Lectures.- Signal Processing and Analysis.- Image Coding, Processing and Analysis.- Shape and Texture Analysis.- Computer Vision.- Pattern Recognition Principles.- Artificial Intelligence Techniques and Recognition.- Logical Combinatorial Pattern Recognition.- Neural Networks.- Kernel Machines.- Bioinformatics.- Data Mining.- Natural Language Processing and Recognition.- Industrial and Medical Applications of Pattern Recognition.- Robotics and Remote Sensing Applications of Pattern Recognition.- Document Processing and Recognition.- Fuzzy and Hybrid Techniques in Pattern Recognition.

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