1. Foreword

   • Monique Pavel

   EditorialNotes Pages: I - II

2. Formulating patterns in problem solving

   • D. Paul Benjamin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 23

3. Categorical shape theory as a formal language for pattern recognition?

   • Timothy Porter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 54

4. Fuzzy mathematical morphology

   • Isabelle Bloch
   • Henri Maître

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 84

5. A probabilistic matching algorithm for computer vision

   • Octavia I. Camps
   • Linda G. Shapiro
   • Robert M. Haralick

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 124

6. Robust statistical methods of 2D and 3D image description

   • J. Illingworth
   • G. Jones
   • J. Princen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 148

7. Hierarchical models for analysis and recognition of handwritten characters

   • Z. C. Li
   • C. Y. Suen
   • J. Guo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 174

8. Common theoretical formulation of the pattern recognition, identification, and detection problems

   • L. F. Pau

   OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 191

9. An invitation to fiberwise topology: The general framework for multicolored images in pattern recognition and some of its artificial intelligence aspects

   • Monique Pavel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 204

10. Acknowledgement of referees' services

    Acknowledgments Pages: 205 - 205

11. Call for papers

    Announcement Pages: III - III