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Improving Face Recognition Using Directional Faces

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Face recognition is one of the most popular applications in image processing and pattern recognition. It plays a very important role in many applications such as card identification, access control, mug shot searching, security monitoring and surveillance problems.

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Bouridane, A. (2009). Improving Face Recognition Using Directional Faces. In: Imaging for Forensics and Security. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09532-5_3

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