Handbook of Multibiometrics

• Main Authors: Ross, Arun A. (Author), Jain, Anil K. (Author), Nandakumar, Karthik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: International Series on Biometrics ; 6
• Subjects: Computer science.; Data structures (Computer science).; Data encryption (Computer science).; Multimedia information systems.; Computer graphics.; Image processing.; Pattern recognition.; Computer Science.; Pattern Recognition.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Data Encryption.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Multimedia Information Systems.; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.

Reliable human authentication schemes are of paramount importance in our highly networked society. Advances in the field of biometrics help address the myriad of problems associated with traditional human recognition methods. The performance and benefits of a biometric system can be significantly en...

Table of Contents:

• Biometrics: When Identity Matters
• Information Fusion in Biometrics
• Levels of Fusion in Biometrics
• Score Level Fusion
• Fusion Incorporating Ancillary Information.