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<p>Biometrics such as fingerprint, face, gait, iris, voice and signature, recognizes one's identity using his/her physiological or behavioral characteristics. Among these biometric signs, fingerprint has been researched the longest period of time, and shows the most promising future in real-world applications. However, because of the complex distortions among the different impressions of the same finger, fingerprint recognition is still a challenging problem. </p> <p>Computational Algorithms for Fingerprint Recognition presents an entire range of novel computational algorithms for fingerprint recognition. These include feature extraction, indexing, matching, classification, and performance prediction/validation methods, which have been compared with state-of-art algorithms and found to be effective and efficient on real-world data. All the algorithms have been evaluated on NIST-4 database from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Specific algorithms addressed include:<br>-Learned template based minutiae extraction algorithm, <br>-Triplets of minutiae based fingerprint indexing algorithm, <br>-Genetic algorithm based fingerprint matching algorithm, <br>-Genetic programming based feature learning algorithm for fingerprint classification, <br>-Comparison of classification and indexing based approaches for identification, <br>-Fundamental fingerprint matching performance prediction analysis and its validation.</p> <p>Computational Algorithms for Fingerprint Recognition is designed for a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This book is also suitable as a secondary text for graduate-level students in computer science and engineering. </p>