THIS EXTRAORDINARY BOOK GIVES A UNIQUELY MODERN VIEW OF COMPUTER VISION. OFFERING A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WHOLE COMPUTER VISION ENTERPRISE ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT DETAIL FOR READERS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A USEFUL APPLICATIONS, THIS BOOK IS UNVALUABLE IN PROVIDING A STRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF COMPUTER VISION. WITH EXTENSIVE USE OF PROBABILISTIC METHODS -TOPICS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THEIR IMPORTANCE, BOTH PRACTICALLY AND THEORETICALLY- THE BOOK GIVES THE MOST COHERENT POSSIBLE SYNTESIS OF CURREN