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Wayman, J., Jain, A., Maltoni, D., Maio, D. (2005). An Introduction to Biometric Authentication Systems. In: Wayman, J., Jain, A., Maltoni, D., Maio, D. (eds) Biometric Systems. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-064-8_1

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