Call for papers for special issue of Machine Vision and Applications on "Performance Characteristics of Vision Algorithms" Guest editors: Henrik I. Christensen, Stockholm and Wolfgang Foerstner, Bonn The special issue is motivated by the belief that the lack of performance characterization of vision algorithms is responsible for the hesitation of industry to use computer vision as one of its tools. Reasons for this situation are manifold: the lack of commonly accepted criteria for evaluation, the lack of a methodology for testing, the lack of translating the experience in testing of other engineering areas to Computer Vision and possibly also the non-acceptance of empirical or theoretical comparisons of vision algorithms, including their replication, as original research. The goal of the special issue is to present the state of the art in characterizing the performance of vision algorithms in all stages of the development and use, such as the design of algorithms with a pre-specified performance, the testing of algorithms with respect to give specifications and the self-diagnosis of vision algorithms during their use in an automated process. We encourage authors to submit papers on the following topics: * Theory and strategies for performance analysis of vision algorithms * Linking analysis of vision experiments to the theory underlying the algorithms * Characterization of the limitations of vision algorithms and/or the class of image data for which a vision algorithm is suited or not suited * Demonstrations of the usefulness of performance characterization and/or the limitations of statistical testing in Computer Vision * Modularization of vision tasks and the characterization of networks of vision algorithms General information about the IAPR journal Machine Vision and Applications published by Springer Verlag kan be found at the URL: gopher://trick.ntp.springer.de/11/TOC/138/ guidelines for authors and style files for LaTeX may be retrieved directly from Springer Verlag at the address gopher://trick.ntp.springer.de/11/tex/latex/ljour2/ Timetable: ----------- 15 August 1996 Deadline for manuscripts 1 December 1996 Acceptance/Rejection decision and revies returned to authors. 31 December 1996 Final manuscript are due at the publisher No 1, 1997 Special issue will be published Please submit papers before 15. August 1996 to: Dr. Henrik I. Christensen Center for Autonomous Systems Numerical Analysis and Computing Science Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan S-100 44 Stockholm Sweden E-mail: hic@vision.auc.dk