Automated Taxon Identification in Systematics: Theory, Approaches and ApplicationsNorman MacLeod The automated identification of biological objects or groups has been a dream among taxonomists and systematists for centuries. However, progress in designing and implementing practical systems for fully automated taxon identification has been frustratingly slow. Regardless, the dream has never died. Recent developments in computer architectures an |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Digital Innovation and Taxonomys Finest Hour | 9 |
Man versus Machine | 25 |
Chapter 4 Neural Networks in Brief | 47 |
An Old Theme Revisited | 69 |
Concepts and Applications | 83 |
A Practical ComputerBased Tool for SemiAutomated Species Identification | 101 |
Chapter 8 Automated Extraction and Analysis of Morphological Features for Species Identification | 115 |
A MachineLearning Method for Characterizing Morphological Patterns Resulting from Ecological Adaptation | 261 |
The Yeasts and the BioloMICS Software as a Case Study | 277 |
Chapter 17 Automatic Measurement of Honeybee Wings | 289 |
Chapter 18 Good Performers Know Their Audience Identification and Characterization of Pitch Contours in Infant and ForeignerDirected Speech | 299 |
Appendix 1 | 311 |
Appendix 2 | 313 |
Appendix 3 | 315 |
Appendix 4 | 319 |
Wavelets Neural Networks and Internet Accessibility in an ImageBased Automated Identification System | 131 |
Face Recognition in Wasps | 153 |
An Initial Report | 189 |
Chapter 12 Plant Identification from Characters and Measurements Using Artificial Neural Networks | 207 |
Can Reliable Taxonomic Identifications Be Made Using Isolated Foot Bones? | 225 |
Chapter 14 A New SemiAutomatic Morphometric Protocol for Conodonts and a Preliminary Taxonomic Application | 239 |
Appendix 5 | 321 |
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Back cover | 351 |
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Page vii - Association also publishes volumes that are not specifically linked to meetings and encourages new publications in a broad range of Systematics topics. Anyone wishing to learn more about the Systematics Association and its publications should refer to our website at http://www.systass.org Other Systematics Association publications are listed after the index for this volume.
Page vii - Systematics (1940) was a classic work edited by its then-president Sir Julian Huxley, that set out the problems facing general biologists in deciding which kinds of data would most effectively progress systematics. Since then, more than 70 volumes have been published, often in rapidly expanding areas of science where a modern synthesis is required. The modus operand/ of the Association is to encourage leading researchers to organize symposia that result in a multi-authored volume. In...