The Visual Computer, Volume 30

Volume 30, Number 1, January 2014

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  Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann:
  Welcome all to the year 2014. 1-4
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  Xi Liu, Zhiping Shi, Zhongzhi Shi:
  A co-boost framework for learning object categories from Google Images with 1st and 2nd order features. 5-17
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  Mohamed Abdou Berbar:
  Three robust features extraction approaches for facial gender classification. 19-31
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  Tung-Ju Hsieh, Yuan-Sen Yang, Jenq-Haur Wang, Wen-Jay Shen:
  Feature extraction using bionic particle swarm tracing for transfer function design in direct volume rendering. 33-44
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  Zhan Yu, Xuan Yu, Christopher Thorpe, Scott Grauer-Gray, Feng Li, Jingyi Yu:
  Racking focus and tracking focus on live video streams: a stereo solution. 45-58
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  Tao Li, Mao Ye, Jian Ding:
  Discriminative Hough context model for object detection. 59-69
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  Yilmaz Kaya, Lokman Kayci:
  Application of artificial neural network for automatic detection of butterfly species using color and texture features. 71-79
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  Haoran Xie, Kazunori Miyata:
  Real-time simulation of lightweight rigid bodies. 81-92
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  Jinwei Ye, Jingyi Yu:
  Ray geometry in non-pinhole cameras: a survey. 93-112
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  Fukai Zhao, Xinguo Liu:
  3D gradient enhancement. 113-126

Volume 30, Number 2, February 2014

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  Pieter Peeters, Nicolas Pronost:
  A practical framework for generating volumetric meshes of subject-specific soft tissue. 127-137
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  Xiaoyong Fang, Xiaopeng Wei, Qiang Zhang, Dongsheng Zhou:
  Forward non-rigid motion tracking for facial MoCap. 139-157
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  Oriol Pueyo, Gustavo Patow:
  Structuring urban data. 159-172
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  Zhijie Wang, Mohamed Ben Salah, Hong Zhang:
  Object joint detection and tracking using adaptive multiple motion models. 173-187
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  Liu Ding, Xiaoqing Ding, Chi Fang:
  3D face sparse reconstruction based on local linear fitting. 189-200
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  Byungjoon Chang, Sangkyu Woo, Insung Ihm:
  GPU-based parallel construction of compact visual hull meshes. 201-211
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  Innfarn Yoo, Juraj Vanek, Maria Nizovtseva, Nicoletta Adamo-Villani, Bedrich Benes:
  Sketching human character animations by composing sequences from large motion database. 213-227
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  Hefeng Wu, Guanbin Li, Xiaonan Luo:
  Weighted attentional blocks for probabilistic object tracking. 229-243

Volume 30, Number 3, March 2014

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  Mohammad Reza Mirzaei, Seyed Ghorshi, Mohammad Mortazavi:
  Audio-visual speech recognition techniques in augmented reality environments. 245-257
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  Imran N. Junejo, Khurrum Nazir Junejo, Zaher Al Aghbari:
  Silhouette-based human action recognition using SAX-Shapes. 259-269
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  Myoung Kook Seo, Hoe-Min Kim, Kwan H. Lee:
  Solid texture synthesis for heterogeneous translucent materials. 271-283
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  Shuxia Wang, Shengfeng Qin, Mantun Gao:
  New grouping and fitting methods for interactive overtraced sketches. 285-297
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  Wei Zhu, Ruizhen Hu, Ligang Liu:
  Grey conversion via perceived-contrast. 299-309
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  A. A. Bini, M. S. Bhat:
  A nonlinear level set model for image deblurring and denoising. 311-325
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  Hsu-Huai Chang, Yu-Chi Lai, Chin-Yuan Yao, Kai-Lung Hua, Yuzhen Niu, Feng Liu:
  Geometry-shader-based real-time voxelization and applications. 327-340
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  Vincent Luboz, Jim Kyaw-Tun, Sayan Sen, Roger L. Kneebone, Robert Dickinson, Richard Kitney, Fernando Bello:
  Real-time stent and balloon simulation for stenosis treatment. 341-349

Volume 30, Number 4, April 2014

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  Wei Quan, Jim X. Chen, Nanyang Yu:
  Robust object tracking using enhanced random ferns. 351-358
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  Zhifei Wang, Zhenjiang Miao, Q. M. Jonathan Wu, Yanli Wan, Zhen Tang:
  Low-resolution face recognition: a review. 359-386
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  P. Shanmugavadivu, K. Balasubramanian, A. Muruganandam:
  Particle swarm optimized bi-histogram equalization for contrast enhancement and brightness preservation of images. 387-399
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  Xin Zhang, Zhouchen Lin, Fuchun Sun, Yi Ma:
  Transform invariant text extraction. 401-415
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  Kiyoung Kim, Nohyoung Park, Woontack Woo:
  Vision-based all-in-one solution for augmented reality and its storytelling applications. 417-429
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  Xiaowu Chen, Faming Li, Qinping Zhao, Long Quan:
  Optimizing neighborhood projection with relaxation factor for inextensible cloth simulation. 431-442
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  Ming-Ming Cheng, Niloy J. Mitra, Xiaolei Huang, Shi-Min Hu:
  SalientShape: group saliency in image collections. 443-453
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  Sangwoo Lee, Younghui Kim, Jungjin Lee, Kyehyun Kim, Kyunghan Lee, Junyong Noh:
  Depth manipulation using disparity histogram analysis for stereoscopic 3D. 455-465

Volume 30, Number 5, May 2014

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  Seung-tak Noh, Sunao Hashimoto, Daiki Yamanaka, Yoichi Kamiyama, Masahiko Inami, Takeo Igarashi:
  Design and enhancement of painting interface for room lights. 467-478
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  Serena Morigi, Marco Rucci:
  Multilevel mesh simplification. 479-492
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  Simon J. Walton, Kai Berger, David S. Ebert, Min Chen:
  Vehicle object retargeting from dynamic traffic videos for real-time visualisation. 493-505
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  Yongqing Huo, Fan Yang, Le Dong, Vincent Brost:
  Physiological inverse tone mapping based on retina response. 507-517
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  Nabil El Akkad, Mostafa Merras, Abderrahim Saaidi, Khalid Satori:
  Camera self-calibration with varying intrinsic parameters by an unknown three-dimensional scene. 519-530
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  Shing-Yeu Lii, Sai-Keung Wong:
  Ice melting simulation with water flow handling. 531-538
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  Gangyi Wang, Guanghui Ren, Lihui Jiang, Taifan Quan:
  Hole-based traffic sign detection method for traffic signs with red rim. 539-551
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  Evan Shellshear:
  1D sweep-and-prune self-collision detection for deforming cables. 553-564

Volume 30, Numbers 6-8, June 2014

CGI'2014 Conference

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  Jinman Kim, Daniel Thalmann, Kun Zhou, Dagan Feng, Holly E. Rushmeier:
  Editorial. 565-567
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  Priyadarshi Bhattacharya, Marina L. Gavrilova:
  Rotation invariance for dense features inside regions of interest. 569-578
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  Brian C. Ricks, Parris K. Egbert:
  Optimal acceleration thresholds for non-holonomic agents. 579-589
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  Zhige Xie, Yueshan Xiong, Kai Xu:
  AB3D: action-based 3D descriptor for shape analysis. 591-601
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  Pyarelal Knowles, Geoff Leach, Fabio Zambetta:
  Fast sorting for exact OIT of complex scenes. 603-613
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  Eugene M. Taranta II, Sumanta N. Pattanaik:
  Macro 64-regions for uniform grids on GPU. 615-624
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  Lihua You, Hassan Ugail, B. P. Tang, Xiaogang Jin, X. Y. You, Jing J. Zhang:
  Blending using ODE swept surfaces with shape control and $$C^1$$ C 1 continuity. 625-636
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  Shan Jiang, Behzad Sajadi, Alexander T. Ihler, M. Gopi:
  Optimizing redundant-data clustering for interactive walkthrough applications. 637-647
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  Jing Chi, Changhe Tu, Caiming Zhang:
  Dynamic 3D facial expression modeling using Laplacian smooth and multi-scale mesh matching. 649-659
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  Horacio E. Fortunato, Manuel M. Oliveira:
  Fast high-quality non-blind deconvolution using sparse adaptive priors. 661-671
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  Shi-Sheng Huang, Guo-Xin Zhang, Yu-Kun Lai, Johannes Kopf, Daniel Cohen-Or, Shi-Min Hu:
  Parametric meta-filter modeling from a single example pair. 673-684
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  Kexin Hu, Yanli Liu, Qi Dong, Hao Liu, Guanyu Xing:
  Color face image decomposition under complex lighting conditions. 685-695
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  Wei Hu, Yangyu Huang, Fan Zhang, Guodong Yuan, Wei Li:
  Ray tracing via GPU rasterization. 697-706
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  Giovanni Pintore, Enrico Gobbetti:
  Effective mobile mapping of multi-room indoor structures. 707-716
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  Christian Luksch, Robert F. Tobler, Thomas Mühlbacher, Michael Schwärzler, Michael Wimmer:
  Real-time rendering of glossy materials with regular sampling. 717-727
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  Tsz Ho Wong, Geoff Leach, Fabio Zambetta:
  An adaptive octree grid for GPU-based collision detection of deformable objects. 729-738
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  Hon Fai Choi, Andra Chincisan, Matthias Becker, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann:
  Multimodal composition of the digital patient: a strategy for the knee articulation. 739-749
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  Ming Zhong, Hong Qin:
  Sparse approximation of 3D shapes via spectral graph wavelets. 751-761
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  Fabian Aiteanu, Reinhard Klein:
  Hybrid tree reconstruction from inhomogeneous point clouds. 763-771
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  Jianwei Guo, Dong-Ming Yan, Guanbo Bao, Weiming Dong, Xiaopeng Zhang, Peter Wonka:
  Efficient triangulation of Poisson-disk sampled point sets. 773-785
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  Xiaosheng Li, Le Liu, Wen Wu, Xuehui Liu, Enhua Wu:
  Dynamic BFECC Characteristic Mapping method for fluid simulations. 787-796
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  Jie Guo, Jingui Pan:
  Real-time simulating and rendering of layered dust. 797-807
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  Ming-Te Chi, Chih-Yuan Yao, Eugene Zhang, Tong-Yee Lee:
  Optical illusion shape texturing using repeated asymmetric patterns. 809-819
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  Ming Di Koa, Henry Johan:
  ESLPV: enhanced subsurface light propagation volumes. 821-831
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  Tai-Jiang Mu, Ju-Hong Wang, Song-Pei Du, Shi-Min Hu:
  Stereoscopic image completion and depth recovery. 833-843
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  Liuyang Zhou, Zhiwu Lu, Howard Leung, Lifeng Shang:
  Spatial temporal pyramid matching using temporal sparse representation for human motion retrieval. 845-854
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  Xibin Song, Fan Zhong, Yanke Wang, Xueying Qin:
  Estimation of Kinect depth confidence through self-training. 855-865
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  Shuhui Bu, Pengcheng Han, Zhenbao Liu, Ke Li, Junwei Han:
  Shift-invariant ring feature for 3D shape. 867-876
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  Yue Shu, Yinling Qian, Hanqiu Sun, Yanyun Chen:
  Efficient texture synthesis of aggregate solid material. 877-887
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  Wonbae Yoon, Namil Lee, Kiwon Um, JungHyun Han:
  Computer-generated iron filing art. 889-895
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  Daniel Donatsch, Siavash Arjomand Bigdeli, Philippe Robert, Matthias Zwicker:
  Hand-held 3D light field photography and applications. 897-907
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  Sean LeBlanc, Philip Boyer, Chris Joslin:
  Modelling and animation of impact and damage with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics. 909-917
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  Wenwu Yang, Xun Wang, Guozheng Wang:
  Part-to-part morphing for planar curves. 919-928
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  Enkhbayar Altantsetseg, Katsutsugu Matsuyama, Kouichi Konno:
  Pairwise matching of 3D fragments using fast fourier transform. 929-938
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  Félix Paulano, Juan J. Jiménez, Rubén Pulido:
  3D segmentation and labeling of fractured bone from CT images. 939-948
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  Leonel Toledo, Oriam de Gyves, Isaac Rudomín:
  Hierarchical level of detail for varied animated crowds. 949-961
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  Xiaosheng Li, Le Liu, Wen Wu, Xuehui Liu, Enhua Wu:
  Erratum to: Dynamic BFECC Characteristic Mapping method for fluid simulations. 963-966

Volume 30, Number 9, September 2014

Special Section on Cyberworlds 2013 (pp 997-1067)

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  Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann:
  Preface. 967
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  Yu Zang, Hua Huang, Chen-Feng Li:
  Artistic preprocessing for painterly rendering and image stylization. 969-979
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  Jean-Marc Thiery, Julien Tierny, Tamy Boubekeur:
  Jacobians and Hessians of mean value coordinates for closed triangular meshes. 981-995
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  Aitor Santamaría-Ibirika, Xabier Cantero, Mikel Salazar, Jaime Devesa, Igor Santos, Sergio Huerta, Pablo García Bringas:
  Procedural approach to volumetric terrain generation. 997-1007
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  René Zmugg, Wolfgang Thaller, Ulrich Krispel, Johannes Edelsbrunner, Sven Havemann, Dieter W. Fellner:
  Procedural architecture using deformation-aware split grammars. 1009-1019
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  Xinbo Jiang, Fan Zhong, Qunsheng Peng, Xueying Qin:
  Online robust action recognition based on a hierarchical model. 1021-1033
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  Masahiro Toyoura, Haruhito Aruga, Matthew Turk, Xiaoyang Mao:
  Mono-spectrum marker: an AR marker robust to image blur and defocus. 1035-1044
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  Shengchun Wang, Siwei Luo, Yaping Huang, Jiang Yu Zheng, Peng Dai, Qiang Han:
  Railroad online: acquiring and visualizing route panoramas of rail scenes. 1045-1057
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  Padma Polash Paul, Marina L. Gavrilova, Stanislav V. Klimenko:
  Situation awareness of cancelable biometric system. 1059-1067
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  Kexin Hu, Yanli Liu, Qi Dong, Hao Liu, Guanyu Xing:
  Erratum to: Color face image decomposition under complex lighting conditions. 1069
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  Zhige Xie, Yueshan Xiong, Kai Xu:
  Erratum to: AB3D: action-based 3D descriptor for shape analysis. 1071
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  Retraction Note: Texture-guided volumetric deformation and visualization using 3D moving least squares. 1073

Volume 30, Number 10, October 2014

Workshop on 3D Object Retrieval (3DOR) 2013

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  Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann:
  Editorial. 1075
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  Dae-Youn Lee, Sanghoon Sull, Chang-Su Kim:
  Progressive 3D mesh compression using MOG-based Bayesian entropy coding and gradual prediction. 1077-1091
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  Konstantinos C. Apostolakis, Petros Daras:
  A framework for implicit human-centered image tagging inspired by attributed affect. 1093-1106
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  Fabrizio Pedersoli, Sergio Benini, Nicola Adami, Riccardo Leonardi:
  XKin: an open source framework for hand pose and gesture recognition using kinect. 1107-1122

Special Section on Computational Visual Media 2013

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  Lei Zhang, Qian-Kun Xu, Lei-Zheng Nie, Hua Huang:
  VideoGraph: a non-linear video representation for efficient exploration. 1123-1132
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  Ziyang Ma, Enhua Wu:
  Real-time and robust hand tracking with a single depth camera. 1133-1144
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  Ling-yue Liu, Wei Chen, Wenting Zheng, Wei-dong Geng:
  Structure-aware error-diffusion approach using entropy-constrained threshold modulation. 1145-1156
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  Yanke Wang, Fan Zhong, Qunsheng Peng, Xueying Qin:
  Depth map enhancement based on color and depth consistency. 1157-1168
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  Yun Zhang, Jian Ling, Xiaohong Zhang, Hao Xie:
  Image copy-and-paste with optimized gradient. 1169-1178
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  Yu-Kun Lai, Paul L. Rosin:
  Artistic rendering enhancing global structure. 1179-1193

Volume 30, Number 11, November 2014

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  Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann:
  Editorial. 1195
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  Rabia Jafri, Syed Abid Ali, Hamid R. Arabnia, Shameem Fatima:
  Computer vision-based object recognition for the visually impaired in an indoors environment: a survey. 1197-1222
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  Nishant Shrivastava, Vipin Tyagi:
  An effective scheme for image texture classification based on binary local structure pattern. 1223-1232

Special Section on 3DOR 2013

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  Davide Boscaini, Umberto Castellani:
  A sparse coding approach for local-to-global 3D shape description. 1233-1245
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  Vincent Barra, Silvia Biasotti:
  3D shape retrieval and classification using multiple kernel learning on extended Reeb graphs. 1247-1259
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  Konstantinos Sfikas, Theoharis Theoharis, Ioannis Pratikakis:
  Pose normalization of 3D models via reflective symmetry on panoramic views. 1261-1274
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  Stefano Berretti, Naoufel Werghi, Alberto Del Bimbo, Pietro Pala:
  Selecting stable keypoints and local descriptors for person identification using 3D face scans. 1275-1292
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  Ivan Sipiran, Rafael Meruane, Benjamin Bustos, Tobias Schreck, Bo Li, Yijuan Lu, Henry Johan:
  A benchmark of simulated range images for partial shape retrieval. 1293-1308

Erratum

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  Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann:
  Erratum to: Editorial. 1309

Volume 30, Number 12, December 2014

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  Kai Ding, Weihai Chen, Xingming Wu:
  Optimum inpainting for depth map based on L 0 total variation. 1311-1320
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  Asla Medeiros Sá, Karina Rodriguez-Echavarria, David B. Arnold:
  Dual joints for 3D-structures - Producing skins for skeletons by exploring duality. 1321-1331
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  Tiago F. Vieira, Andrea Bottino, Aldo Laurentini, Matteo De Simone:
  Detecting siblings in image pairs. 1333-1345
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  Levente Hunyadi, István Vajk:
  Constrained quadratic errors-in-variables fitting. 1347-1358
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  Lei Zhang, Yao Zhao, Zhenfeng Zhu:
  Extracting shared subspace incrementally for multi-label image classification. 1359-1371
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  Shixia Liu, Weiwei Cui, Yingcai Wu, Mengchen Liu:
  A survey on information visualization: recent advances and challenges. 1373-1393
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  Jianzhai Wu, Dewen Hu, Fanglin Chen:
  Action recognition by hidden temporal models. 1395-1404