Authored Monographs

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Fuzzy Mathematical Approach to Pattern Recognition
S.K. Pal and D. Dutta Majumder
John Wiley & Sons (Halsted), N. Y., 1986
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ISBN No. 0-470-27463-8, Pages : 280
Contents : Introduction,
Fuzzy Subsets and Properties, Classificatory Analysis, Preprocessing, Feature Selection and Primitive Extraction, Speech Recognition,
Adaptive Classification, Fuzzy Grammars and Syntactic
Recognition.
The book received Best Production Award in the 7th World Book Fair, New
Delhi,
1986.
The book has been translated into Indonesian Bhasa
and Chinese Language.

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Neuro-Fuzzy
Pattern Recognition : Methods in Soft Computing
S.K. Pal and S. Mitra
John Wiley, N.Y., 1999 |
ISBN No. 0-471-34844-9, Pages : 408
Foreword by : Prof. Lotfi
A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley.
Contents : Introduction,
Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks : Models, Integration, and Soft Computing, Pattern
Classification, Other Applications of Fuzzy MLP, Self-Organization, Pixel Classification,
and Object Extraction, Feature Evaluation, Rule Generation and Inferencing, Using
Knowledge-Based Networks and Fuzzy Sets, Rough-Fuzzy Knowledge-Based Networks.

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Foundations
of Soft Case-Based Reasoning
Sankar K. Pal and Simon C.
K. Shiu
John Wiley, N.Y., 2004 |
ISBN No. 0-471-08635-5, Pages : 324
"The book is must reading for anyone who is
interested in the conception, design and utilization of intelligent systems." - from
the Foreword by Lotfi A. Zadeh (founder of fuzzy logic), Univ.
of California, Berkeley
Contents : Introduction,
Case Representation and Indexing, Case Selection and Retrieval, Case Adaptation, Case-Base
Maintenance, Applications.

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Pattern
Recognition Algorithms for Data Mining
Sankar K. Pal and
Pabitra Mitra
CRC Press, Boca Raton,
Florida, 2004 |
ISBN No. 1-584-88457-6, Pages : 280
"The importance of the book is hard to
exaggerate. It is a treatise that is an
exemplar of authority, deep insights, encyclopedic coverage and high expository skill.
.... Its authors, Professors S.K. Pal and P. Mitra are foremost authorities in pattern
recognition, data mining and related fields." --- from the Foreword by Lotfi
A. Zadeh, Univ. of California, Berkeley
"The book presents an unbeatable combination of theory and practice and gives a
comprehensive view on methods and tools in modern KDD." --- from the Foreword by Zdzislaw
Pawlak (founder of rough set theory), Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
"This volume provides a very useful, thorough exposition of the many facets of this
application from several perspectives. ... I am pleased to recommend it as a valuable
addition to the books in this field." ---- from the Foreword by Laveen N
Kanal, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
Contents : Introduction,
Multiscale data condensation, Unsupervised feature selection, Active learning using
support vector machine, Rough-fuzzy case generation, Rough-fuzzy clustering,Rough
self-organizing map, Classification rule generation and evaluation using modular
rough-fuzzy MLP.
The book has also been published in cheaper
paperback edition for South Asia Region.

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Classification and Learning Using Genetic Algorithms:
Applications in Bioinformatics and Web Intelligence
Series: Natural
Computing Series
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay,
Sankar K. Pal
Springer, Heidelberg, 2007 |
ISBN No. 978-3-540-49606-9, Pages:
326.
Contents:
Introduction, Genetic Algorithms, Supervised Classification Using Genetic
Algorithms, Theoretical Analysis of the GA-Classifier, Variable String Lengths in
GA-Classifier, Chromosome Differentiation in VGA-Classifier, Multi-objective
VGA-Classifier and Quantitative Indices, Genetic Algorithms in Clustering, Genetic
Learning in Bioinformatics, Genetic Algorithms and Web Intelligence, Appendices,
References, Index.
The book is unique in the sense of
describing how a search technique, the genetic algorithm, can be used for pattern
classification mainly through approximating decision boundaries, and it demonstrates the
effectiveness of the genetic classifiers vis-à-vis several widely used classifiers,
including neural networks. It provides a balanced mixture of theories, algorithms and
applications, and in particular results from the bioinformatics and Web intelligence
domains.
Critically review of this book is provided in International Association
for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) Newsletter, vol. 30, no. 4, page 12, October 2008
Edited Monographs

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Fuzzy Models
for Pattern Recognition : Methods that Search for Structures in Data
J. C. Bezdek and S. K. Pal (Eds.)
IEEE Press N. Y., 1992. |
ISBN No. 0-7803-0422-5, Pages : 539
Foreword by : Prof. Lotfi
A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley.
Contents : Introduction,
Cluster Analysis, Classifier Design and Feature Analysis, Image Processing and Machine
Vision, Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and Learning in Pattern Recognition
This book consists of 50 pages of original material
(written by the authors) and 51 seminal papers (most of them are IEEE publications)
reprinted from journals.
The book was in the list of IEEE Best Sellers book
till 1995

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Genetic
Algorithms for Pattern Recognition
S. K. Pal and P. P. Wang (Eds.)
CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1996 |
ISBN No. 0-8493-9467-8, Pages : 320
This book is unique of its own kind and consists of
13 articles, written by leading scientists over the world,
demonstrating how the effectiveness of Genetic Algorithms can be exploited for solving some existing problems of pattern recognition and for designing
efficient systems.

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Rough-Fuzzy
Hybridization : A New Trend in Decision Making
S. K. Pal and A. Skowron (Eds.)
Springer Verlag, Singapore, 1999 |
ISBN No. 981-4021-00-8, Pages : 454.
This is the first book on integrating rough sets
and fuzzy sets for developing efficient decision making system with real life
applications. It has 20 articles written by leading experts over the world.

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Soft Computing
for Image Processing
S.K. Pal, A. Ghosh and M.K. Kundu,
(Eds.)
Physica Verlag, Heidelberg, 2000 |
ISBN No. 3-7908-1268-4, Pages : 590
Foreword by : Prof. A. Rosenfeld, University of Maryland,
College Park.
The volume provides a collection of 21 articles, written by leading experts all over the
world, containing new material and describing, in a unified way with extensive real life
applications, the merits and significance of performing different image
processing/analysis tasks in soft computing paradigm.

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Soft Computing
in Case Based Reasoning
S.K. Pal, T.S. Dillon and D.S.
Yeung, (Eds.)
Springer Verlag, London, 2001 |
ISBN No. 1-85233-262-X, Pages : 372
Foreword by : Prof. H.J. Zimmenmann, Aachen, Germany.
The book, which is unique of its kind, describes how various
soft computing tools can be applied to design and develop methodologies and systems
with case based reasoning (CBR) for real life decision-making or recognition problems. It
comprises 15 contributions from experts from all over the world.

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Pattern
Recognition : From Classical to Modern Approaches
Sankar K. Pal and Amita Pal,
(Eds.)
World Scientific, Singapore, 2001 |
ISBN No. 981-02-4684-6, Pages : 636
Foreword by : Prof. Laveen N. Kanal, College Park, MD, USA.
This volume, containing contributions by experts from all
over the world, is a collection of 21 articles which present reviews and research material
describing the evolution and recent developments of various pattern recognition
methodologies, ranging from statistical, syntactic/linguistic, fuzzy-set-theoretic,
neural, genetic-algorithmic and rough-set-theoretic to hybrid soft computing, with
significant real-life applications. In addition, the book describes efficient soft machine
learning algorithms for data mining and applications, as well as up-to-date information
and an extensive bibliography.

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Neural
Networks and Systolic Array Design
David Zhang and Sankar K. Pal,
(Eds.)
World Scientific, Singapore, 2002 |
ISBN No. 981-02-4840-7, Pages: 420
The volume, contains 16 chapters, describes in a unified way, the basic concepts, theories
and characteristic feature of integrating of formulating different facets of Neural
Networks (NNs) and Systolic Arrays (SAs), as well as presents recent developments and
significant applications. The articles, written by experts from all over the world,
demonstrate the various ways this integration can be made to efficiently design
methodologies, algorithms and architectures, and also implementations, for NN
applications.

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Soft
Computing Approach to Pattern Recognition and Image Processing
Ashish Ghosh and Sankar K. Pal,
(Eds.)
World Scientific, Singapore, 2002 |
ISBN No. 981-238-251-8, Pages: 372
This volume provides a collection of sixteen articles containing review and new material.
In a unified way, they describe the recent development of theories and methodologies in
pattern recognition, image processing and vision using fuzzy logic, artificial neural
networks, genetic algorithms, rough sets and wavelets with significant real life
applications.
The book details the theory of granular computing
and the role of a rough-neuro approach as a way of computing with words and designing
intelligent recognition systems. It also demonstrates applications of the soft computing
paradigm to case based reasoning, data mining and bio-informatics with a scope for future
research.

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Rough-Neural
Computing
Techniques for Computing with
Words
Sankar K. Pal, Lech Polkowski and
Andrzej Skowron(Eds.)
Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2004 |
ISBN No. 3-540-43059-8, Pages: 734
Foreword by : Prof.
Zdzistaw Pawlak, University of Information Technology and Management, Warsaw, Poland.
Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, Department of EECS,
University of California, Berkeley, USA.
It is well understood now in the soft computing
community that hybrid approaches combining various paradigms provide very promising means
for solving complex problems. Exploring the potential and strength of neural networks,
rough sets, and rough-fuzzy hybridization, this book is devoted to rough-neural computing,
which is also related to the novel aspect of computing with words. It has 29
articles contributed by experts from all over the world and provides foundational and
methodological issues as well as applications in various fields.

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Rough Fuzzy
Image Analysis
Foundations and Methodologies
Sankar K. Pal, J. F. Peters (Eds.)
Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton,
Florida, 2010 |
ISBN No. 978-1-4398-0329-5, Pages: 266
This is the first book under the series of
/Mathematical and Computational Imaging Sciences/of Chapman & Hall/ CRC. Emphasizing
the utility of fuzzy, near and rough sets in image analysis, the volume having twelve
chapters introduces the fundamentals and applications in the state of
the art of rough-fuzzy image analysis. The volume is unique in the sense that it presents
a new approach to image analysis using near sets and tolerance spaces; provides a complete
implementation of near sets and offers the NEAR system for download on
http://wren.ece.umanitoba.ca/;
and covers an array of applications, particularly in medical imaging involving breast
cancer diagnosis, laryngeal pathology diagnosis, and brain MR segmentation.
Edited
Conference Proceedings

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Intelligent
Agent Technology
(2004
IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference)
Ning Zhong, Jeffrey Bradshaw,
Sankar K. Pal, Domenico Talia, Jiming Liu, and Nick Cerrone (Eds.)
IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos,
California, USA, 2004 |
ISBN No. 0-7695-2101-0, Pages: 569
Beijing, China, September 20-24,
2004

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Pattern
Recognition and Machine Intelligence
(First International Conference, PREMI 2005, Proceedings)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol.
3776
Sankar K. Pal, Sanghamitra Bandhyopadhyay, and Sambhunath Biswas (Eds.)
Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2005 |
ISBN: 3-540-30506-8, Pages: 808
Kolkata, India, December 20-22, 2005

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Pattern
Recognition and Machine Intelligence
(Second International Conference, PREMI 2007, Proceedings)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer
Science, Vol. 4815
Ashish Ghosh, Rajat K. De and Sankar K. Pal (Eds.)
Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2007 |
ISBN: 978-3-540-77045-9, Pages: 677
Kolkata, India, December 18-22, 2007
ISBN: 978-3-642-02281-4, Pages: 378
Palermo, Italy, June 9-12, 2009

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Signal
Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
(2009 International Conference on Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern
Recognition, SIP 2009, Proceedings)
Held as Part of the Future Generation
Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2009
Series: Communications
in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 61
D. Slezak, S.K. Pal, B.-H, Kang, J. Gu, H. Kuroda, and T. -H.. Kim (Eds.)
Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2010 |
ISBN: 978-3-642-10545-6, Pages: 330
Jeju Island, Korea, December 10-12, 2009

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Pattern
Recognition and Machine Intelligence
(Third International Conference, PREMI 2009, Proceedings)
Series: Lecture Notes
in Computer Science, Vol. 5909
S. Chaudhury, S. Mitra, C.A. Murthy, P.S. Sastry and S.K. Pal (Eds.)
Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2009 |
ISBN: 978-3-642-11163-1, Pages: 631
Delhi, India, December 16-20, 2009
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