title: Recognizing multiple overlapping objects in image: an optimal formulation.
abstract: A statistically optimal formulation is presented for recognizing multiple, partially occluded objects. The optimality, in terms of the maximum a posteriori (MAP) principle, is with respect to all, rather than just individual modeled objects. Various constraints are incorporated into the posterior distribution. A two-stage MAP estimation approach is proposed to reduce the computational cost.
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Li