REFEREED RESEARCH PAPERS

A. Refereed Research Papers in Scientific Journals

Control Systems

[C1] B.G. Mertzios and P.N. Paraskevopoulos, “Transfer Function Matrix of 2-D Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-26, No. 3, pp. 722-724, June 1981.

[C2] P.N. Paraskevopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Sensitivity Analysis of 2-D Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. CAS-28, No. 8, pp. 833-838, August 1981.

[C3] P.N. Paraskevopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Transfer Function Factorization of 2-D Systems,” Int. Journal of Systems Science, vol. 12, No. 9, pp. 1135-1147, 1981.

[C4] B.G. Mertzios and P.N. Paraskevopoulos, “On the Input-Output Decoupling of 2-D Systems by State Feedback,” Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 314, No. 1, pp. 55-76, July 1982.

[C5] B.G. Mertzios, “Pole Assignment of 2-D Systems for Separable Characteristic Equations,” Int. Journal of Control, vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 879-889, May 1984.

[C6] B.G. Mertzios, “Leverrier's Algorithm for Singular Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Automat. Control, vol. AC-29, No. 7, pp. 652-653, July 1984.

[C7] B.G. Mertzios, “On the Sensitivity Analysis of Linear Time- Invariant Singular Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. CAS-31, No. 11, pp. 978-982, November 1984.

[C8] B.G. Mertzios, “Comparison of Recursive Methods of Estimation of Parameters of Stochastic Systems,” Τεxνικά Χρονικά, 'Εκδοση ΤΕΕ, τομ. 4. Νο. 1-2, σελ. 85-109, 1984.

[C9] B.G. Mertzios, “Solution and Identification of Discrete State-Space Equations via Walsh Functions,” Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 318, No. 6, pp. 383-391, December 1984.

[C10] M.A. Christodoulou and B.G. Mertzios, “Realizations of Singular Systems via Markov Parameters,” Int. Journal of Control, vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 1433-1441, December 1985.

[C11] B.G. Mertzios, “An Algorithm for the Computation of the Transfer Function Matrix of Two-Dimensional Systems,” Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 321, No. 2, pp. 73-80, February 1986.

[C12] B.G. Mertzios, “Dynamic Decoupling of 2-D Systems in State-Space: A General Simple Approach,” Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 321, No. 2, pp. 81-94, February 1986.

[C13] B.G. Mertzios and M.A. Christodoulou, “Decoupling and Pole-Zero Assignment of Singular Systems with Dynamic State Feedback,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 49-69, 1986.

[C14] B.G. Mertzios and M.A. Christodoulou, “On the Generalized Caley- Hamilton Theorem,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-31, No. 2, pp. 156-157, February 1986.

[C15] F.L. Lewis and B.G. Mertzios, “Analysis of Singular Systems Using Orthogonal Functions,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-32, No. 6, pp. 527-530, June 1987.

[C16] B.G. Mertzios and B.L. Syrmos, “Transfer Function Matrix of Singular Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-32, No. 9, pp. 829-831, September 1987.

[C17] M.A. Christodoulou, G. Vachtsevanos and B.G. Mertzios, “An Algorithm for the Realization of Generalized Linear Systems via Taylor Series Expansion about an Arbitrary Point 'a ',” Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 324, No. 2, pp. 237-244, 1987.

[C18] F.L. Lewis, M.A. Christodoulou and B.G. Mertzios, “System Inversion Using Orthogonal Functions,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 347-362, 1987.

[C19] M.A. Christodoulou and B.G. Mertzios, “Decoupling and Pole Placement in Singular Systems Using Output Feedback,” Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 325, No. 1, pp. 1-15, 1988.

[C20] B.G. Mertzios and M.A. Christodoulou, “Decoupling and Data Sensitivity in Singular Systems,” IEE Proceedings, Part D, vol. 135, No. 2, pp. 106-110, March 1988.

[C21] B.G. Mertzios, F.L. Lewis and G. Vachtsevanos, “Analysis of Singular Systems Using Orthogonal Functions,” IEE Proceedings, Part D, vol. 135, No. 4, pp. 323-325, 1988.

Βασίλειος Γ. Μέρτζιος 25.05.2023[C22] G. Vachtsevanos, B.G. Mertzios and M.A. Christodoulou, “Simplified Realization for

Generalized Transfer Functions Using Modified Markov Parameters,” Int. Journal of Control, vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 1227-1234, 1988.

[C23] B.G. Mertzios, M.A. Christodoulou, B.L. Syrmos and F.L. Lewis, “Direct Controllability and Observability Time-Domain Conditions of Singular Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Automat. Control, vol. AC-33, pp. 788-791, No. 8, August 1988.

[C24] B.G. Mertzios and F.L. Lewis, “An Algorithm for the Computation of the Transfer Function Matrix of Generalized Two-Dimensional Systems,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 459-466, 1988.

[C25] F.L. Lewis, M.A. Christodoulou, B.G. Mertzios and K. Ozcaldiran, “Chained Aggregation of Singular Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-34, No. 9, pp. 1007-1012, September 1989.

[C26] M.A. Christodoulou and B.G. Mertzios, “Simplified Realization Algorithm for Singular Systems,” Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 326, No. 3, pp. 351-361, 1989.

[C27] B.G. Mertzios and F.L. Lewis, “Fundamental Matrix of Discrete Singular Systems,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 341-355, 1989.

[C28] F.L. Lewis, B.G. Mertzios, G. Vachtsevanos and M.A. Christodoulou, “Analysis of Bilinear Systems Using Walsh Functions,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-35, No. 1, pp. 119-123, January 1990.

[C29] F.L. Lewis and B.G. Mertzios, “On the Analysis of Discrete Linear- Time Invariant Singular Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-35, No. 4, pp. 506-511, April 1990.

[C30] F.L. Lewis, W. Marszalek and B.G. Mertzios, “Walsh Function Analysis of 2-D Generalized Continuous Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-35, No. 10, pp. 1140-1144, October 1990.

[C31] F.L. Lewis, B.G. Mertzios and W. Marszalek, “Analysis of Singular Bilinear Systems Using Walsh Functions,” IEE Proceedings, Part D, vol. 138, No. 2, pp. 89-92, 1991.

[C32] G. Fragulis, B.G. Mertzios and A.I.G. Vardulakis, “Computation of the Inverse of a Polynomial Matrix and Evaluation of its Laurent Expansion,” Int. Journal of Control, vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 431-443, 1991.

[C33] F.L. Lewis and B.G. Mertzios, “On the Analysis of Two-Dimensional Discrete Singular Systems,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 399-419, 1992.

[C34] N.P. Karampetakis, B.G. Mertzios and A.I.G. Vardulakis, “Computation of the Transfer Function Matrix and its Laurent Expansion of Generalized Two-Dimensional Systems,” Int. Journal of Control, vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 521-541, 1994.

[C35] F.N. Koumboulis, M.G. Scarpetis and B.G. Mertzios, “Robust Regional Stabilisation of an Electropneumatic Actuator,” IEE Proceedings, Part D, Control Theory and Applications, vol. 145, No. 2, pp. 226-230, March 1998.

[C36] F.N. Koumboulis, and B.G. Mertzios, “P-D Feedback for Decoupling and Pole Assignment of Singular Systems,” Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of ASME, vol. 120, pp. 378-388, 1988.

[C37] F.N. Koumboulis and B.G. Mertzios, “On the Kalman’s Controllability and Observability Criteria for Singular Systems,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 269-290, 1999.

[C38] F.N. Koumboulis and B.G. Mertzios, “Feedback Controlling Against Chaos,” Chaos Solitons and Fractals, vol. 11, No. 1-3, pp. 351-358, March 2000.

[C39] G.F. Fragulis and B.G. Mertzios, “Computation of the Impulsive Behavior of Multivariable Linear Systems Using a Division Algorithm,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 39, pp. 211-217, 2000.

[C40] F.N. Koumboulis, M.G. Scarpetis and B.G. Mertzios, “Robust Output Performance for SISO Linear Systems wirth Nonlinear Uncertain Structure,” Neural, Parallel and Scientific Computations, vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 279-288, September 2002.

[C41] F.N. Koumboulis and B.G. Mertzios, “Stability Criteria for Singular Systems”, Neural, Parallel and Scientific Computations, vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 199-212, June 2005.

[C42] B.G. Mertzios, “Forms of the Generalized Cayley-Hamilton Theorem and its Applications to Singular and Arma Systems”. Submitted for publication.

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Βασίλειος Γ. Μέρτζιος 25.05.2023[C43] B.G. Mertzios and G.F. Fragulis, “The Fundamental Matrix in ARMA Systems”. Submitted for

publication.

Digital Signal Processing

[DSP1] A.N. Venetsanopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Decomposition of Multidimensional Filters,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. CAS-30, No. 12, pp. 915-917, December 1983.

[DSP2] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Combined Error at the Output of Two-Dimensional Recursive Digital Filters,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. CAS-31, No. 10, pp. 888- 891, October 1984.

[DSP3] B.G. Mertzios, “Block Realization of 2-D IIR Digital Filters,” Signal Processing, vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 135-149, October 1984.

[DSP4] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Modular Realization of M- Dimensional Filters,” Signal Processing, vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 351- 369, December 1984.

[DSP5] B.G. Mertzios, “On the Roundoff Noise in 2-D State-Space Digital Filtering,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. CAS-32, No. 2, pp. 201-204, February 1985.

[DSP6] A.N. Venetsanopoulos, B.G. Mertzios and S.H. Mneney, “Effects of Finite Precision in Two-Dimensional Recursive Digital Filters,” Int. Journal of Electronics, vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 159-174, 1985.

[DSP7] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Design of Two-Dimensional Half-Plane Recursive Digital Filters with Octagonal Symmetry,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 459- 483, 1985.

[DSP8] A.N. Venetsanopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “A Decomposition Theorem and its Implications to the Design and Realization of Two-Dimensional Filters,” IEEE Trans. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, vol. ASSP-33, No. 6, pp. 1562-1575, December 1985.

[DSP9] B.G. Mertzios, “Direct Convolution and the Initial Conditions of 2-D IIR Digital Filters,” Int. Journal of Electronics, vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 355-364, 1985.

[DSP10] B.G. Mertzios, “Block Parallel Processing of 2-D Digital Signals,” Int. Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vol. 14, pp. 211- 228, 1986.

[DSP11] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “VLSI Implementation of Two-Dimensional Digital Filters via Two-Dimensional Filter Chips,” Joint Special Issue on VLSI Analog and Digital Signal Processing, (a) IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. CAS-33, No. 2, pp. 239-249, (b) IEEE Journal Solid-State Circuits, vol. SC-21, No. 1, pp. 129-139, February 1986.

[DSP12] N. Papamarkos, B. Mertzios and G. Vachtsevanos, “On the Optimum Design of Symmetric Two-Dimensional IIR Digital Filters with Coefficients of Finite Word Length,” Int. Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vol. 14, pp. 339-347, 1986.

[DSP13] B.G. Mertzios, “Block-Space Invariance of Two-Dimensional Digital Filters,” Signal Processing, vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 141-153, 1987.

[DSP14] G. Vachtsevanos, N. Paramarkos and B.G. Mertzios, “On the Approximation of the Magnitude Response of 2-D IIR Digital Filters Using Linear Programming,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 45-60, 1987.

[DSP15] G. Vachtsevanos, N. Papamarkos and B.G. Mertzios, “Design of Two- Dimensional IIR Digital Filters via Linear Programming,” Signal Processing, vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 17-26, 1987.

[DSP16] B.G. Mertzios, “Author's Reply on the Roundoff Noise in 2-D State- Space Digital Filtering,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. CAS-34, No. 3, pp. 326-329, March 1987.

[DSP17] B.G. Mertzios and V.L. Syrmos, “VLSI Array Processors Block Implementation of IIR Digital Filters,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 79-94, 1988.

[DSP18] B.G. Mertzios and V.L. Syrmos, “Implementation of Digital Filters via VLSI Array Processors,” IEE Proceedings, Part G, vol. 135, No. 2, pp. 78-82, April 1988.

[DSP19] N. Papamarkos, G. Vachtsevanos and B. Mertzios, “On the Optimum Approximation of Real Rational Functions via Linear Programming,” Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 26, pp. 267-287, 1988.

[DSP20] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Recursive and Nonrecursive Realization of Multidimensional Discrete Systems,” Int. Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vol. 17, pp. 115-123, 1989.

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Βασίλειος Γ. Μέρτζιος 25.05.2023[DSP21] B.G. Mertzios, G.L. Sicuranza and A.N.Venetsanopoulos, “Efficient Structures for Two-

Dimensional Quadratic Filters,” Photogrammetria, vol. 43, No. 3/4, pp. 157-166, March 1989.[DSP22] B.G. Mertzios, G.L. Sicuranza and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Efficient Structures for 2-D

Quadratic Digital Filters,” IEEE Trans. on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, vol. ASSP-37, No. 5, pp. 765-768, May 1989.

[DSP23] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Implementation of Quadratic Digital Filters via VLSI Array Processors,” Archiv fur Elektronik und Ubertragungstechnik (AEU), vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 153- 157, May/June 1989.

[DSP24] Β.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Minimum Cycle Fast Implementation of Two-Dimensional Digital Filters Based on the LU Decomposition,” Signal Processing, vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 227-239, 1989.

[DSP25] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Block Decomposition Structures for the Fast Modular Implementation of Two-Dimensional Digital Filters,” Circuits Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 163-185, 1989.

[DSP26] B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Block Implementation of Two-Dimensional Recursive Digital Filters via VLSI Array Processors,” Archiv fur Elektronik und Ubertragungstechnik (AEU), vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 50- 58, 1990.

[DSP27] E.Z. Psarakis, B.G. Mertzios and G.Ph. Alexiou, “Design of Two- Dimensional Zero Phase FIR Fan Filters via the McClellan Transform,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, vol. CAS-37, No. 1, pp. 10-16, January 1990.

[DSP28] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Fast Block Implementation of Two-Dimensional FIR Digital Filters via the Walsh-Hadamard Decomposition,” Int. Journal of Electronics, vol. 68, No. 6, pp. 991-1004, 1990.

[DSP29] B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Implementation of Multivariable Linear Systems via VLSI Array Processors,” COMPEL- The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-10, 1991.

[DSP30] B.G. Mertzios and St. Scarlatos, “On the Systolic Implementation of Wave Digital Filters,” Archiv fur Elektronik und Ubertragungstechnik (AEU), vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 335-343, Nov./Dec. 1991.

[DSP31] B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Block Implementation of Two-Dimensional FIR Digital Filters by Systolic Arrays,” Int. Journal of Electronics, vol. 73, No. 6, pp. 1233-1246, 1992.

[DSP32] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Fast Direct Implementation of Two-Dimensional IIR Digital Filters via Systolic and Wavefront Arrays,” Int. Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, vol. 21, pp. 275-285, 1993.

[DSP33] B.G. Mertzios, “Parallel Modeling and Structure of Nonlinear Volterra Discrete Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems, I, Fundamental Theory and Applications, vol. CAS-41, No. 5, pp. 359- 371, May 1994.

[DSP34] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Fast Implementation Techniques of Multichannel Digital Filters for Color Image Processing Using Matrix Decompositions,” Periodica Polytechnica Ser. Electrical Engineering, vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 125-145, 1994.

[DSP35] B.G. Mertzios, “On the Two-Dimensional Parallel Block State-Space Models,” Modelling and Scientific Computing, vol. 3, No. 1-2, pp. 93-115, 1994.

[DSP36] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Implementation of Matrix Decomposition Structures of 2-D Digital Filters via VLSI Array Processors,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 39-55, 1995.

[DSP37] B.G. Mertzios, “Pipelining the Three Port Wave Filter Adaptor at the Bit-Level,” Circuits Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 285-298, 1995.

[DSP38] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Fast Implementation of 3-D Digital Filters via Systolic Array Processors,” Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing. vol. 8, pp. 335-349, 1997.

[DSP39] S.A. Karkanis, D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “A Novel Signal Modeling Method Using the Wavelet Transform,” Neural Parallel and Scientific Computation, vol. 6, pp. 417-428, 1998.

[DSP40] F.N. Koumboulis, M.G. Scarpetis and B.G. Mertzios, “On the Derivation of the Nonlinear Discrete Equations Numerically Integrating the Euler PDEs,” Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, vol. 2, pp. 41-51, 1998.

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Βασίλειος Γ. Μέρτζιος 25.05.2023[DSP41] F.N. Koumboulis, M.G. Scarpetis and B.G. Mertzios, “Numerical Integration of Fluid Dynamic

Problems by Discrete Passive Dynamical Systems,” Chaos Solitons and Fractals, vol. 11, No. 1-3, pp. 193-206, March 2000.

[DSP42] D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “Time Series Modeling of Endocardial Border Motion in Ultrasonic Images Comparing Support Vector Machines, Multilayer Perceptrons and Linear Estimation Techniques,” Measurement, Elsevier Publications, Special Issue on Imaging Measurement Systems, Guest Editors: P. Daponte, G. Giakos, F. Russo, vol. 36, No. 3-4, pp. 331-345, 2004.

[DSP43] V.G. Stamatopoulos, D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “On an Efficient Modification of Singular Value Decomposition Using Independent Component Analysis for Improved MRS Denoising and Quantification”. Measurement Science and Technology. To appear.

[DSP44] D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “MR Image Reconstruction from Sparsely Sampled k-space using a Hierarchical Neural Network Model Combining Supervised and Improved Unsupervised Architectures,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. To appear.

Pattern Recognition

[PR1] K. Tsirikolias and B.G. Mertzios, “Statistical Pattern Recognition Using Efficient 2-D Moments with Applications to Character Recognition,” Pattern Recognition, vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 877-882, 1993.

[PR2] B.G. Mertzios and K. Tsirikolias, “Statistical Shape Discrimination and Clustering Using an Efficient Set of Moments,” Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 14, pp. 517-522, June 1993.

[PR3] D. Mitzias and B.G. Mertzios, “Shape Recognition with a Neural Classifier Based on Fast Polygon Approximation Technique,” Pattern Recognition, vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 627-636, 1994.

[PR4] I.E. Pratikakis, B.G. Mertzios and J. Cornelis, “Segmentation and Counting of Ovisacs with Morphological Filtering in Ultrasound Images,” Journal on Communications, vol. XLV, pp. 30-33, July-August 1994.

[PR5] D. Mitzias and B.G. Mertzios, “An Efficient Two-Stages Neural Classifier,” Neural Networks World, vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 109-118, 1995.

[PR6] A. Tsadiras, B.G. Mertzios and K.G. Margaritis, “Recent Advances on the Implementation of Fuzzy Systems Using Artificial Neural Networks,” Studies in Informatics and Control, vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 85-90, March 1995.

[PR7] A. Tsadiras, K.G. Margaritis and B.G. Mertzios, “Strategic Planning Using Extended Fuzzy Cognitive Maps,” Studies in Informatics and Control, vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 237-245, September 1995.

[PR8] I.M. Spiliotis and B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Algorithms for Basic Processing and Analysis Operations on Block Represented Binary Images,” Ρattern Recognition Letters, vol. 17, pp. 1437-1450, February 1997.

[PR9] I.M. Spiliotis and B.G. Mertzios, “A Fast Parallel Skeletonization on Block Represented Binary Images,” ELEKTRIK, Special Issue on Image Processing, vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 161-173, 1997.

[PR10] I.M. Spiliotis and B.G. Mertzios, “Real-Time Computation of Two-Dimensional Moments on Binary Images Using Image Block Representation,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. IP-7, No. 11, pp. 1609-1615, November 1998.

[PR11] D.A. Karras, S.A. Karkanis and B.G. Mertzios, “Supervised and Unsupervised Neural Network Methods applied to Textile Quality Control Based on Improved Wavelet Feature Extraction Techniques,” International Journal of Computer Mathematics, vol. 67, pp. 169-181, 1998.

[PR12] D.A. Karras, S.A. Karkanis and B.G. Mertzios, “Information Systems Based on Neural Network and Wavelet Methods with Application to Decision Making, Modeling and Prediction Tasks,” KYBERNETES, The International Journal of Systems and Cybernetics, Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Applications of Information Systems, vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 224-236, 1998.

[PR13] B.G. Mertzios and K. Tsirikolias, “Coordinate Logic Filters and their Applications in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 517-538, 1998.

[PR14] M. Reczko, D.A. Karras, V. Mertzios, D. Graveron-Demilly and D. van Ormondt, “Improved MR Image Reconstruction from Sparsely Sampled Scans Based on Neural Networks,” Ρattern Recognition Letters, vol. 22, pp. 35-46, 2001.

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Βασίλειος Γ. Μέρτζιος 25.05.2023[PR15] Y.S. Boutalis, K. Tsirikolias, B.G. Mertzios and I.T. Andreadis, “Implementation of

Morphological Filters Using Coordinate Logic Operations,” Pattern Recognition, vol. 35, pp. 187-198, 2002.

[PR16] D.A. Mitzias and B.G. Mertzios, “A Neural Multiclassifier System for Object Recognition in Robotic Vision Applications,” Measurement, Elsevier Publications, Special Issue on Imaging Measurement Systems, Guest Editors: P. Daponte, G. Giakos, F. Russo, vol. 36, No. 3-4, pp. 315-330, 2004.

[PR17] G.A. Papakostas, D.A. Karras, B.G. Mertzios and Y.S. Boutalis, “An Efficient Feature Extraction Methodology for Computer Vision Applications using Wavelet Compressed Zernike Moments,” International Journal on Graphics, Vision and Image Processing, Special Issue: Wavelets and Their Applications, vol. SI1, pp.5-15, 2005.

[PR18] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Numerically Stable Computation of Orthogonal Fourier-Mellin Moments,” IET Computer Vision, vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 11-16, 2007.

[PR19] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “A New Class of Zernike Moments for Computer Vision Applications,” Information Sciences, vol. 177, No. 13, pp. 2802-2819, 2007.

[PR20] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, S.T. Samartzidis, D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “Two-Stage Hybrid Tuning Algorithms for Training Neural Networks in Image Vision Applications,” International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering, vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 58-67, 2008.

[PR21] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, D.E. Koulouriotis and B.G. Mertzios, “Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Pattern Recognition Applications”, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, vol.22, pp. 1461-1486, 2008.

[PR22] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, D.A. Karras, and B.G. Mertzios, “Modified Factorial Free Direct Methods for Zernike and Pseudo-Zernike Moments Computation”, IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement. To appear.

[PR23] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “Pattern Classification by Using Improved Wavelet Compressed Zernike Moments,” Applied Mathematics and Applications. To appear.

Robotics

[R1] J.N. Lygouras, B.G. Mertzios and N.C. Voulgaris, “Cartesian Space Sensor Based on Kinematics,” Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 327, No. 3, pp. 465-480, 1990.

[R2] J.N. Lygouras, B.G. Mertzios and N.C. Voulgaris, “Design and Constuction of a Microcomputer Controlled Light Weight Robot Arm,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 7, pp. 269-283, 1991.

[R3] G.K. Grigoriadis and B.G. Mertzios, “Implementation of the Velocities of the End-Effector with the Distributed Arithmetic Architecture,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, pp. 387-417, vol. 17, 1996.

[R4] G.K. Grigoriadis and B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Implementation of the Forward Positional Accelerations of Robots via the Distributed Arithmetic Technique,” Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 165-195, 1977.

[R5] B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Implementation of Direct Robot Kinematics Using CORDIC Systolic Arrays,” International Journal of Computer Mathematics, vol. 67, pp. 239-260, 1998.

[R6] G.K. Grigoriadis and B.G. Mertzios and V.D. Tourassis, “Fast Implementation of Robot Inverse Dynamics with Distributed Arithmetic via a SIMD Architecture,” IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 209-216, 1999.

[R7] B.G. Mertzios and G.K. Grigoriadis, “Fast Implementation of Forward Robot Kinematics of Position with the Distributed Arithmetic Architecture,” IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 325-332, May 1999.

[R8] Y.S. Boutalis, D. Karras and and B.G. Mertzios, “Regularized Supevised and Unsupervised Neural Network Models for Function Approximation in Intelligent Robot Dynamic Control,” Bulletinul Univesritatii “Petrol-Gaze,” Ploesti, vol. LII, pp. 99-104, Seria Technica, Nr. 1/2000, 2000.

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Manipulators" Systems Science, Special Issue on “Advances in Robotics: Virtual Reality, Robot Manipulators, Bipeds and Mobile Robots,” vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 35-45, 2001.

B. Refereed Research Papers in International Conference Proceedings 1

Control Systems

[1] B.G. Mertzios, “Sensitivity Reduction of 2-D Systems via State Feedback,” Proceedings the 6th Summer Symposium on Circuit Theory, Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, pp. 351-355, Prague, Czechoslovakia, July 12-16, 1982.

[2] B.G. Mertzios, “An Algorithm for the Determination of Feedback Matrix in the Decoupling of 2-D Systems,” Proceedings of the Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, MELECON 1983, paper C2.11, Athens, Hellas, May 24-26, 1983.

[3] B.G. Mertzios, “Decoupling of 2-D Systems by Dynamic State Feedback Controllers,” Proceedings of the IX Triennial World Congress of International Federation of Automatic Control, (IFAC 1984), vol. 9, pp. 144-149, Budapest, Hungary, July 2-6, 1984.

[4] M.A. Christodoulou and B.G Mertzios, “Canonical Forms of Singular Systems,” Proceedings of the 1986 IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control, (CDC 1986), pp. 2142-2143, Athens, Hellas, December 10-12, 1986.

+[5] B.G. Mertzios, “Recent Work in Singular Systems,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Singular Systems, Ed. F.L. Lewis, pp. 14-17, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, December 4-6, 1987.

[6] M.A. Christodoulou, B.G. Mertzios and F.L. Lewis, “Simplified Realization Algorithm for Singular Systems,” Proceedings of the 1987 IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control, (CDC 1987), pp. 1142-1143, Los Angeles, USA, December 9- 11, 1987.

+[7] M.A. Christodoulou and B.G. Mertzios, “Singular systems: a Survey of the Recent Research Work,” Proceedings of the 12th Annual IMACS World Congress, pp. 561-564, Paris, France, July 18-22, 1988.

+[8] B.G. Mertzios, “Computation of the Fundamental Matrix Sequence and the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem in 2-D Systems,” in Realization and Modelling in System Theory, (M.A. Kaashoek, J.H. van Schuppen and A.C.M. Ran Editors), Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, (MTNS 1989), Birkhauser, vol. 1, pp. 325-331, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 19-23, 1989.

+[9] G. Beauchamp, F.L. Lewis and B.G. Mertzios, “Recent Results in 2-D Singular Systems,” Proceedings of the 1989 IFAC Workshop on System Structure and Control , pp. 253-256, Prague, Czechoslovakia, September 25-27, 1989.

[10] B.G. Mertzios and F.L. Lewis, “Efficient Inversion of a Generalized Pencil of Matrices,” Proceedings of the Mathematical and Intelligent Models in Systems Simulation, J.C. Baltzer AG, Scientific Publishing Co., IMACS, 1991, pp. 141-143, September 3-7, 1990, Brussels.

[11] N.P. Karampetakis, B.G. Mertzios and A.I.G. Vardulakis, “Generalized Model of 2-D Linear Discrete Systems and Computation of its Transfer Function,” Proceedings of the Second European Control Conference, pp. 1490-1494, June 28-July 1, 1993.

+[12] B.G. Mertzios and G. Vachtsevanos, “A Hybrid Analytical- Intelligent Approach to Fault Tolerant Control System Design,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, MTNS 1993, pp. 799-802, Birkhauser, Regensburg, Germany, August 2-6, 1993.

[13] D. Zimeris, O. Kosmidou and B.G. Mertzios, “PI, IP and PI+Fuzzy Supervisory Controllers for a DC Motor Drive,” Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE Mediterranean Symposium on New Directions in Control and Automation, pp. 563-568, Chania, Crete, June 19-22, 1994.

[14] G. Fragoulis and B.G. Mertzios, “Impulsive Solutions of Singular Systems,” Proceedings of the 3nd IEEE Mediterranean Symposium on New Directions in Control and Automation, Lemessos, Cyprus, July 9-11, 1995.

1 Invited papers are denoted by “+”

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Proceedings of the UKACC International Conference on CONTROL 96, pp. 19-24, Exeter, UK, September 2-5, 1996.

[16] F.N. Koumboulis and B.G. Mertzios, “A Generalized Hankel Matrix for the Minimal Realization of Singular Systems,” Proceedings of the UKACC International Conference on CONTROL 96, pp. 819 -824, Exeter, UK, September 2-5, 1996.

+[17] F.N. Koumboulis and B.G. Mertzios, “Feedback Controllers Against Chaos,” Proceedings of the Brussels Meeting II on Integrability and Chaos in Discrete Systems, International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, Brussels, Belgium, July 1-6, 1997.

[18] F.N. Koumboulis and B.G. Mertzios, “Stability Criteria for Singular Systems,” Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems, pp. 33-38, Patras, Greece, July 15-17, 1998.

[19] B.G. Mertzios, “Direct Solution of Continuous Time Singular Systems Based on the Fundamental Matrix,” Proceedings of the 8th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Rio, Hellas, July 17-19, 2000.

[20] F.N. Koumboulis, T.K. Boukas and B.G. Mertzios, “PID Control for Industrial Motors in Field Coordinates,” Proceedings of the 8th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2000, Rio, Hellas, July 17-19, 2000.

[21] G. Devedzic, Y. Boutalis and B. Mertzios, “NPN Logic Based Decision Analysis,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Forecasting, Diagnosis and Control, (IFDICON 2001), pp. 153-159, Santorini, Hellas, June 24-29, 2001.

[22] F.N. Koumboulis, N. D. Kouvakas, A.G. Pantelios and B.G. Mertzios, “Adaptive Aymptotic Disturbance Attenuation for a Permanent Magnet DC Motor,” Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA), pp. 1020-1025, Mexico City, Mexico, September 5-7, 2001.

[23] B. G. Mertzios, “Forms of the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem for Generalized Systems,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Theory and Applications of Mathematics and Informatics (ICTAMI 2003), Alba Iulia, Romania, 23-26 October, 2003, in the special issue of the Journal Acta Universitatis Apulensis (A.U.A.), Part A, pp. 219-232, No. 6, 2003.

[24] B. G. Mertzios, “Recursive Computation of the Transfer Function Matrix of Singular Systems Based on the Fundamental Matrix,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Electromechanical Engineering and Electric Equipment,” Odessa, Ukraine, 14-17 June 2004, in the Special Issue of Electromechanical and Electrical Equipment, ISBN 966-575-196-4, vol. 62, pp. 160-166, 2004.

[25] D. A. Karras, P. Sotiropoulos and B.G. Mertzios,”Analysis of Singular Systems using the Haar Wavelet Transform,” Proceedings of the Twelvth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: (IWSSIP 2005), pp. 195-198, Chalkis, Greece, September 22-24, 2005.

[26] B. G. Mertzios and G. F. Fragulis, “The Fundamental Matrix in Second-Order ARMA Systems,” Proceedings of the Twelvth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: (IWSSIP 2005), pp. 199-201, Chalkis, Greece, September 22-24, 2005.

[27] B.G. Mertzios and G. Fragulis, “Tschirnhausen Polynomials of Linear Multivariable Systems Based on the Fundamental Matrix Approach,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP 2006), pp. 365-368, Budapest, Hungary, September 21-23, 2006.

[28] G.F. Fragulis, P.K. Sotiropoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Partial Realization of a Generalized Transfer Function,” Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP 2007), paper S1-5, pp. 57-60, Maribor, Slovenia, June 27-30, 2007.

Digital Signal Processing

[29] A.N. Venetsanopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Implementation of General Two-Dimensional Digital Filters in Terms of Lower Order Filters,” Proceedings of Sixteenth Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton University, March 17-19, 1982.

[30] A.N. Venetsanopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “A General Implementation Technique for Two-Dimensional Digital Filters,” Proceedings of the 6th Summer Symposium on Circuit Theory,

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Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics of Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences , pp. 176-180, Prague, Czechoslovakia, July 12-16, 1982.

[31] B.G. Mertzios, A.N. Venetsanopoulos and N.I. Papamarkos, “Computer -Aided Design of 2-D IIR Half-Plane Digital Filters with Octagonal Symmetry,” Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on Signal Processing and Applications, (GRETSI 1983), pp. 367- 371, Nice, France, May 16-20, 1983.

[32] A.N. Venetsanopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Digital Adaptive and Reconfigurable Filters,” Proceedings of the Fourth Polish-English Seminar on Real Time Processing, vol. II, pp. 30-40, Jablonna, Poland, May 30-June 3, 1983.

+[33] A.N. Venetsanopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “General Decomposition of Two-Dimensional Filters,” Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, (ECCTD 1983), pp. 444-446, Stuttgart, W. Germany, September 6-8, 1983.

[34] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Noise Properties of Two- Dimensional IIR Digital Filters Implemented by the Decomposition Theorem,” Proceedings of the Second European Signal Processing Conference, (EUSIPCO 1983), pp. 211-214, Erlangen, W. Germany, September 12-16, 1983.

[35] A.N. Venetsanopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Realization of Multidimensional Digital Filters on the Basis of the Decomposition Theorem,” Proceedings of the 1984 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, (ISCAS 1984), pp. 1289-1292, Montreal, Canada, May 7-10, 1984.

[36] N.I. Papamarkos, G.J. Vachtsevanos and B.G. Mertzios, “Methods for Computer Modelling in the Design of 2-D IIR Digital Filters,” Proceedings of the International AMSE Conference on Modelling and Simulation, pp. 179-190, Athens, Hellas, June 27-29, 1984.

[37] N.I. Papamarkos, G.J. Vachtsevanos and B.G. Mertzios, “The Application of Linear and Integer Programming Techniques in the Design of 2-D IIR Digital Filters,” Proceedings of the Telecommunications and Control Conference, (TELECON 1984), pp., Halkidiki, Hellas, August 27-30, 1984.

[38] B.G. Mertzios, “Block Realization of 2-D Half-Plane IIR Digital Filters with Matrix Convolutions Computable in 2-D FFT,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 89-93, Florence, Italy, September 5-8, 1984.

[39] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Walsh Matrix Implementation of M-D Filters by the Decomposition Theorem,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 64-68, Florence, Italy, September 5-8, 1984.

[40] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Design of Circularly Symmetric and Fan 2-D Half-Plane Recursive Filters Based on Octagonal and Quadrantal Symmetries,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 59-63, Florence, Italy, September 5-8, 1984.

[41] G. Vachtsevanos, N. Papamarkos and B. Mertzios, “On the Approximation of the Magnitude Response of 2-D IIR Digital Filters Using Linear Programming,” Proceedings of the 1985 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, (ISCAS 1985), pp. 1563-1566, Kyoto, Japan, June 5-7, 1985.

[42] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Block Realization of 2-D IIR Digital Filters Based on the Decomposition Theorem,” Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, (ECCTD 1985), pp. 435-438, Prague, Czechoslovakia, September 2-6, 1985.

[43] B.G. Mertzios, “Block Parallel Processing of 2-D Digital Signals Based on the State-Space Model,” Proceedings of the Third European Signal Processing Conference, (EUSIPCO 1986), pp. 691-694, Hague, The Netherlands, September 2-5, 1986.

[44] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Modular Implementation of M-D Digital Filters Using Bit-Sliced M-D Filter Chips,” Proceedings of the Third European Signal Processing Conference, (EUSIPCO 1986), pp. 717-720, Hague, The Netherlands, September 2-5, 1986.

+[45] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “On the Recursive and Nonrecursive Realization of Multidimensional Discrete Systems,” Proceedings of the 1986 IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control, (CDC 1986), pp. 2154-2159, Athens, Hellas, December 10-12, 1986. (Invited paper).

[46] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Implementation of Two- Dimensional Digital Filters Based on the Decomposition Theorem with Minimum Cycle Time,” Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, (ECCTD 1986), pp. 819-824, Paris, France, September 1-4, 1987.

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Filters,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 54-58, Florence, Italy, September 7-10, 1987.

[48] B.G. Mertzios and B.L. Syrmos, “Fast Block Implementation of 2-D FIR Digital Filters by Systolic Arrays,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 225-229, Florence, Italy, September 7-10, 1987.

[49] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Walsh-Hadamard Fast Block Implementation of Two-Dimensional FIR Digital Filters,” Proceedings of the Fourth European Signal Processing Conference, (EUSIPCO 1988), pp. 627-630, Grenoble, France, September 5-8, 1988.

[50] B.G. Mertzios, “On the Two- Dimensional Parallel Block State- Space Models,” Proceedings of the Int. Conference on Advances in Modelling and Simulation, AMSE Press , vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 19-25, 1989.

[51] B.G. Mertzios and G.L. Sicuranza, “Realization of Nonfinite Extent Quadratic Digital Filters,” Proceedings of the Ninth European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, (ECCTD 1989), pp. 51-54, Brighton, England, September 5-8, 1989.

[52] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Fast Implementation of Nonlinear Volterra Digital Filters via Systolic Arrays,” Proceedings of the 1990 Bilkent International Conference on New Trends in Communication, Control and Signal Processing, pp, 1135-1141, Ankara, Turkey, July 2-5, 1990.

[53] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Systolic VLSI Implementation of 2-D Digital Filters Based on Matrix Decomposition,” Proceedings of the Fifth European Signal Processing Conference, (EUSIPCO 1990), pp. 1571-1574, Barcelona, Spain, September 15-20, 1990.

[54] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Fast Direct Implementation of Two-Dimensional IIR Digital Filters via Systolic Arrays,” Proceedings of the IMACS-IFAC Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing in Engineering Systems, pp. 227-232, Corfu, Hellas, June 23-28, 1991.

[55] A.N. Venetsanopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Deblurring of Color Images with Median Filtering,” Proceedings of the IMACS-IFAC Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing in Engineering Systems, pp. 263-268, Corfu, Hellas, June 23-28, 1991.

[56] B.G. Mertzios, S.S. Scarlatos and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Systolic Arrays of Ladder Wave Digital Filters,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 8-13, Florence, Italy, September 4-6, 1991.

[57] K. Tsirikolias and B.G. Mertzios, “Logic Filters in Image Processing,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 285-287, Florence, Italy, September 4-6, 1991.

[58] S.A. ALshebeili, B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Efficient Implementation of Nonlinear Volterra Digital Systems via Laguerre Orthogonal Functions,” Proceedings of the Sixth European Signal Processing Conference, (EUSIPCO 1992), pp. 685-688, Brussels, Belgium, August 25-28, 1992.

+[59] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Systolic Implementation of Nonlinear Volterra Digital Filters Using Pyramids,” Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. WM4.28.1-4, Toronto, Canada, September 13-16, 1992.

[60] B.G. Mertzios and A. Fettweis, “On the Construction of Wavelets from Lossless Wave Digital Filters,” Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp. MM4.6.1-4, Toronto, Canada, September 13-16, 1992.

[61] B.G. Mertzios and K. Tsirikolias, “Coordinate Logic Filters in Image Processing Applications ,” Proceedings IEEE Winter Workshop for Nonlinear Digital Signal Processing, pp. 1.1-5.1-1.1-5.6, Tampere, Finland, January 17-20, 1993.

[62] B.G. Mertzios and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “On the Implementation of Polyspectra and Cumulants via Volterra Kernels,” Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Object Recognition, Florence, Italy, June 10-11, 1993 and in Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Object Recognition, vol. 3, (V. Cappellini, Ed.), pp. 110-117, Elsevier Science B.V., 1994.

[63] B.G. Mertzios and A. Fettweis, “External and Internal Matrix Losslessness in Perfect Reconstruction m-Band Filter Banks,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, MTNS 1993, pp. 803-804, Birkhauser, Regensburg, Germany, August 2-6, 1993.

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Polyspectra, Cumulants and Volterra Kernels,” Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Image Processing: Theory, Methodology, Systems and Applications, pp. 133-142, Budapest, Hungary, November 8-10, 1995.

[65] I. M. Spiliotis, D. van Ormondt and B.G. Mertzios, “Prior Knowledge for Improved Image Estimation from Raw MRI Data,” Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Image Processing: Theory, Methodology, Systems and Applications (IWISP 1995), pp. 274-283, Budapest, Hungary, November 8-10, 1995 and Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Advanced Signal Processing for Medical MRI-MRS (ASPM/MRI-MRS), Xanthi, Hellas, March 13-15, 1997.

[66] F.N. Koumboulis, M.G. Scarpetis and B.G. Mertzios, “Robustness of Multirate Filter Banks,” Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Image and Signal Processing: Advances on Computational Intelligence (IWISP 1996), pp. 493-496, Manchester, UK, November 4-7, 1996.

[67] G.J. Marseille, C. van Meijeren, I. M. Spiliotis, D. van Ormondt and B.G. Mertzios, “Bayesian Image Estimation from Sparse Raw MRI Data,” Proceedings of the Fourth IMA Conference on Mathematics in Image Processing, University of Warwick, UK, December 17-19, 1996.

[68] B.G. Mertzios, “General Prefect Reconstruction Conditions in M-Band Filter Banks,” Proceedings of the Fourth IMA Conference on Mathematics in Image Processing, University of Warwick, UK, December 17-19, 1996.

+[69] F.N. Koumboulis, M.G. Scarpetis and B.G. Mertzios, “Numerical Integration of Fluid Dynamic Problems by Discrete Passive Dynamical Systems,” Proceedings of the Brussels Meeting II on Integrability and Chaos in Discrete Systems, International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, Brussels, Belgium, July 1-6, 1997.

+[70] F.N. Koumboulis, M.G. Scarpetis and B.G. Mertzios, “Robust Discretization Algorithms for the Numerical Integration of Nonlinear PDEs with Application to a Generalized Capacitor,” Proceedings of the Second IEE Colloquium on Multidimensional Systems: Problems and Solutions Organized by Professional Groups E10 (Circuits and Systems) and PG B1 (Control Systems Theory and Design), Savoy Place, London, UK, January 14, 1998.

[71] S.A. Karkanis, D.A. Karras, and B.G. Mertzios, “1-D Signal Prediction Using Wavelets,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: (IWSSIP 1998), pp. 20-24, Zagreb, Croatia, June 3-5, 1998.

+[72] B.G. Mertzios and F.N. Koumboulis, “On the Analysis of Nonlinear Distributed Parameter Systems via Passive Circuits,” Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Multidimensional (ND) Systems (NDS 1998), pp. 38-40, Lagov, Polland, July 12-14, 1998.

[73] F.N. Koumboulis and B.G. Mertzios, “Numerical Integration of Nonlinear PDEs Using MD Passive Circuits,” Proceedings of the Ninth European Signal Processing Conference, (EUSIPCO 1998), Theories and Applications, vol. III, pp. 1397-1400, Island of Rhodes, Greece, September 8-11, 1998.

[74] D.A. Karras, B.G. Mertzios and R.C. Papademetriou, “Time-Series Prediction Using Local Construction and Subspace Methods,” Proceedings of the 4th Hellenic-European Conference on Computer Mathematics and its Applications (HERCMA 1998), vol. 1, pp. 405-412, Athens, Hellas, September 24-26, 1998.

+[75] B.G. Mertzios and F.N. Koumboulis, “Analysis and Numerical Integration of Nonlinear Systems Using M-D Passive Circuits,” Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, (ISCAS 1999), vol. 5, pp. V/25-28, Orlando, Florida, USA, May 30-June 2, 1999.

[76] M. Reczko, D.A. Karras, V. Mertzios, D. Graveron-Demilly, D. van Ormondt, “Neural Networks in MR Image Estimation from Sparsely Sampled Scans,” Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Mining in Pattern Recognition, (MLDM 1999), in Lecture Notes in Artificial Inteligence, Subseries in Computer Science, No. 1715, Springer, pp. 75-86, Leipzig, Germany, September 16-18, 1999.

[77] D.A. Karras, M. Reczko, B.G. Mertzios, D. Graveron-Demilly and D. van Ormondt, “MR Image Reconstruction from Sparsely Sampled Scans Based on Multilayer Perceptrons and Using Regularization Techniques,” Proceedings of the IEEE-INNS-ENNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2000), vol. I, pp. 336-341, Como, Italy, July 24-27, 2000.

[78] Y.S. Boutalis, K. Tsirikolias, B.G. Mertzios and I.T. Andreadis, “Using Simple Coordinate Logic Operators to Realize Basic Morphological Operations,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Signal Processing, (ICSP 2000), pp. 488-493, Beijing, China, August 21-25, 2000.

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Papademetriou, “Neural Network Reconstruction of MR Images from Noisy and Sparse k-Space Samples,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Signal Processing, (ICSP 2000), pp. 2115-2118, Beijing, China, August 21-25, 2000.

[80] D.A. Karras, B.G. Mertzios and R.C. Papademetriou, “Efficient Local Techniques in Financial Time Series Forecasting,” Proceedings of the 16th IMACS World Congress 2000, Session 155 - Computational Methods in Financial Engineering, No. 155-5, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 21-25, 2000.

[81] F. N. Koumboulis, B.G. Mertzios and S. Babalis, “Towards the Numerical Integration of Chua’s Circuit via WDF Relization,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Forecasting, Diagnosis and Control, (IFDICON 2001), pp. 47-54, Santorini, Hellas, June 24-29, 2001.

[82] M. Reczko, D.A. Karras, B.G. Mertzios, D. Graveron-Demilly and D. van Ormondt, “Improved MRI Reconstruction from Reduced Scans k-Space by Integrating Neural Priors in the Bayesian Restoration,” Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2001), Constantinoupolis, Turkey, October 25 – 28, 2001.

[83] Y.S. Boutalis, I.T. Andreadis and B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Implementation of Morphological Operations Using a New Algebra Definition,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Telecommunications, Electronics and Control (TELEC 2002), Santiago, Cuba, July 17-19, 2002.

[84] A.G. Yiannoulis, Y.S. Boutalis and B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Segmentation of Color Images Using the Fuzzy K-means Algorithm and Different Sampling Approaches,” Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWISSP 2002), World Scientific, pp. 532-535, Manchester, UK, November 7-8, 2002.

[85] D.A. Karras, B.G. Mertzios, D. Graveron-Demilly and D. van Ormondt, “Improved Bayesian MRI Reconstruction Involving Neural Priors Based on a Regularization Approach,” Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, (IJCNN 2003), Cat.No.03CH37464 (Eds: D.Wunsch, M. Hasselmo, K.Venayagamoorthy, D.Wang), Portland, Oregon, pp. 596 – 600, vol. 1, ISBN 0-7803-7899-7, ISSN: 1098-7576, July 20-24, 2003.

[86] B.G. Mertzios and P. Sotiropoulos, “Nonlinear Coordinate Logic Filters: Fractal Modeling and Interpretations,” Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: (IWSSIP 2003), paper 13-55, Czech Technical University of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, September 10-11, 2003.

[87] D. A. Karras, B.G Mertzios, D. Graveron-Demilly and D. van Ormondt, “Two-stage Neural Network Models for MR Image Reconstruction from Sparsely Sampled k-space,” Proceedings of the International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST 2004), ISBN 0-7803-8592-6, pp. 123-128, Stresa, Italy, 14 May 2004.

[11] [88] B.G. Mertzios and P. Sotiropoulos, “Modeling and Implementation of Nonlinear Volterra Filters, Polyspectra and Cumulants Based on Linear Multidimensional Kernels”, Proceedings of the Sixth IMA Conference on Mathematics in Image Processing, pp. 163-166, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, UK, December 14-16, 2004.

[89] D. A. Karras, B.G Mertzios, D. Graveron-Demilly and D. van Ormondt, “Improved MRI Mining by Integrating Support Vector Machine Priors in the Bayesian Restoration”, in Machine Learning and Data Mining in Pattern Recognition, Petra Perner and Atsushi Imiya (Eds.), Serie: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings Conference MLDM 2005, Leipzig/Germany, vol. LNAI 3587, pp. 325-333, ISBN: 3-540-26923-1, Spinger-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.

[90] G.K.Grigoriadis, Y.S. Boutalis, B.G. Mertzios, “A Distributed Arithmetic Architecture for Fast Implementation of Vector or Matrix Products,” Proceedings of the Twelvth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: (IWSSIP 2005), pp. 165-168, Chalkis, Greece, September 22-24, 2005.

[91] D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “Improved MRI Restoration by Integrating Bayesian Formalism and Support Vector Machines in a Time Delayed priors Framework”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST 2006), pp. 193-108, Minori, Italy, April 29, 2006, IEEE Cat. Number 05EX1003C, ISBN 0-7803-8293-9.

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Pattern Recognition

[92] B.G. Mertzios and K. Tsirikolias, “Fast Shape Discrimination via One-Dimensional Moments,” Proceedings of the 1991 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, (ICASSP 1991), pp. 2473-2475, Toronto, Canada, May 14-17, 1991.

[93] B.G. Mertzios, D. Mitzias and K. Tsirikolias, “A New Polygon Approximation Approach for Fast Shape Analysis,” Proceedings of the IMACS-IFAC Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing in Engineering Systems, pp. 257-261, Corfu, Hellas, June 23-28, 1991.

[94] K. Tsirikolias and B.G. Mertzios, “Shape Discrimination Using Neural Networks,” Proceedings of the IMACS-IFAC Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing in Engineering Systems , pp. 393-397, Corfu, Hellas, June 23-28, 1991.

[95] K. Tsirikolias, G. Tziafetas and B.G. Mertzios, “The Use of One Dimensional Moments for Efficient Shape Discrimination Techniques with Applications to Industrial Objects,” Proceedings of the International Conference on DSP Applications and Technology, pp. 847-857, Berlin, Germany, October 28-31, 1991.

[96] I.M. Spiliotis and B.G. Mertzios, “Real-Time Computation of Statistical Moments on Binary Images Using Block Representation,” Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Object Recognition, pp. 27-34, Florence, Italy, June 10-11, 1993.

[97] B.G. Mertzios and D. Mitzias, “Fast Shape Discrimination with a System of Neural Networks, Based on Scaled Normalized Central Moments,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Image Processing: Theory and Applications, pp. 219-223, San Remo, Italy, June 14-16, 1993.

[98] K. Tsirikolias and B.G. Mertzios, “Edge Extraction and Enhancement Using Coordinate Logic Filters,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Image Processing: Theory and Applications, pp. 251- 254, San Remo, Italy, June 14-16, 1993.

[99] Ch. Tatsiopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Ways to Improve Machine Learning and Intelligent Techniques,” Proceedings IEEE Meditteranean Symposium on New Directions in Control Theory and Applications, Chania, Creta, June 21-23, 1993.

[100] I. Spiliotis, D. Mitzias and B.G. Mertzios, “A Skeleton-Based Hierarchical System for Learning and Recognition,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, MTNS 1993, pp. 873-878, Birkhauser, Regensburg, Germany, August 2-6, 1993.

[101] A. Tsadiras, B.G. Mertzios and K.G. Margaritis, “Recent Advances on the Implementation of Fuzzy Systems Using Artificial Neural Networks,” Advanced Summer Institute on Intelligent Control and Integrated Manufacturing Systems, pp. 298-301, Patras, Hellas, 26 June-1 July, 1994.

[102] A. Tsadiras, K.G. Margaritis and B.G. Mertzios, “Strategic Planning Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps,” Proceedings of the Advanced Summer Institute on Intelligent Control and Integrated Manufacturing Systems, pp. 407-414, Lisbon, Portugal, 25-28 June, 1995.

[103] R. Papademetriou, I.M. Spiliotis and B.G. Mertzios, “Maximum Entropy Pattern Recognition Using Moment Descriptors,” Proceedings of the IEEE Singapore International Conference on Signal Processing, Circuits and Systems (SICSPCS 1995), pp. 208-214, Singapore, July 3-7, 1995.

[104] B.G. Mertzios, I.M. Spiliotis, R.C. Papadimitriou and K. Tsirikolias, “Edge Extraction and Enhancement with Coordinate Logic Filters Using Block Represented Images,” Proceedings of the Twelfth European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 1995 , pp. 1035-1038, Constantinoupolis, August 27-31, 1995.

[105] I. M. Spiliotis and B.G. Mertzios, “Logic Operations on 3-Dimensional Volumes using Block Representation,” Proceedings of the International Workshop on Stereoscopic and Three Dimensional Imaging (IWS3DI 1995), pp. 317-322, Fera, Santorini, Hellas, September 6-8, 1995.

[106] I.M. Spiliotis and B.G. Mertzios, “Real-Time Computation of 2-D Moments on Block Represented Binary Images on the Scan Array Processor,” Proceedings of the 1996 Eighth European Signal Processing Conference, (EUSIPCO 1996), pp. , Trieste, Italy, September 10-13, 1996.

[107] D.A. Karras, S. Karkanis and B.G. Mertzios, “Information Systems Based on Neural Network and Wavelet Methods with Application to Decision Making and Prediction Tasks,” Proceedings of the

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Hellenic-European Research on Mathematics and Informatics (HERMIS 1996), pp. , Athens, Hellas, September 26-29, 1996.

[108] A.K. Tsadiras, K.G. Margaritis and B.G. Mertzios, “Causal Modelling Using Artificial Neural Networks with Uncertainty Handling,” Proceedings of the Hellenic-European Research on Mathematics and Informatics (HERCMA 1996), pp. , Athens, Hellas, September 26-29, 1996.

[109] D.A. Karras, S.A. Karkanis and B.G. Mertzios, “Texture Discrimination for Quality Control Using Wavelet and Neural Network Techniques,” Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Image and Signal Processing: Advances on Computational Intelligence (IWISP 1996), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., pp. 191-194, Manchester, UK, November 4-7, 1996.

[110] I.M. Spiliotis, P. Liatsis, B.G. Mertzios and Y.P. Goulermas, “A Neural Approach to Invariant Character Recognition,” Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Image and Signal Processing: Advances on Computational Intelligence (IWISP 1996), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., pp. 347-350, Manchester, UK, November 4-7, 1996.

[111] D. Mitzias and B.G. Mertzios, “A High Peformance Neural Multiclassifier System for Generic Pattern Recognition Applications,” Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Image and Signal Processing: Advances on Computational Intelligence (IWISP 1996), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., pp. 357-360, Manchester, UK, November 4-7, 1996.

[112] D.A. Karras, S.A. Karkanis and B.G. Mertzios, “A Classification Approach to Edge Detection of MRI Images Based on the Wavelet Transform,” Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Advanced Signal Processing for Medical MRI-MRS (ASPM/MRI-MRS), Xanthi, Hellas, March 13-15, 1997.

[113] D.A. Karras, S.A. Karkanis and B.G. Mertzios, “A New Wavelet Transform Based Compression Approach of Biomedical Images with Preservation of Important Textural Characteristics,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: (IWSSIP 1997), pp. 239-242, Poznan, Poland, May 28-30, 1997.

[114] K. Tsirikolias and B.G. Mertzios, “Image Feature Extraction Using Coordinate Logic Filters,” Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 295-298, Santorini, Hellas, July 2-4, 1997.

[115] I.M. Spiliotis and B.G. Mertzios, “A Fast Skeleton Algorithm on Block Represented Binary Images,” Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, pp. 675-678, Santorini, Hellas, July 2-4, 1997.

[116] D.A. Karras, S.A. Karkanis and B.G. Mertzios, “A Classification Approach to Image Structure Segmentation Based on the Wavelet Transform,” Proceedings of the 23rd EUROMICRO Conference: New Frontiers in Information Technology, (Eds: P. Milligan and P. Corr), pp. 55-60, Budapest, Hungary, September 1-4, 1997.

[117] I.M. Spiliotis and B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Computation of the Radon Transform on Block Represented Binary Images,” Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: (IWSSIP 1998), pp. 164-167, Zagreb, Croatia, June 3-5, 1998.

[118] D.A. Karras, S.A. Karkanis and B.G. Mertzios, “Image Compression Using the Wavelet Transform on Textural Regions of Interest,” Proceedings of the 24rd EUROMICRO Conference: Engineering Systems and Software for the Next Decade, pp. 633-639, Vasteras, Sweden, August 25-27, 1998.

[119] B. G. Mertzios and K. Tsirikolias, “Applications of Coordinate Logic Filters in Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition,” 2nd IEEE Region 8-EURASIP Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis (ISPA 2001), pp. , Pula, Croatia, June 19-21, 2001.

[120] D.A. Karras, M. Reczko, B.G. Mertzios, D. Graveron-Demilly and D. van Ormondt, “Bayesian MRI Reconstruction in Sparsely Sampled k-Spaces with Priors Based on Self Organizing Feature Maps,” Proceedings of the 2002 Advanced Study Institute on Neural Networks for Instrumentation, Measurement and Related Industrial Applications (NIMIA-SC 2001), pp. 85-89, Crema, Italy, 9-20 October 2001.

[121] D.A. Karras, S.A. Karkanis, D. Iakovidis, D.E. Maroulis and B.G. Mertzios, “Support Vector Machines for Improved Defect Detection in Manufacturing Using Novel Multidimensional Wavelet Feature Extraction Involving Vector Quantization and PCA Techniques,” Proceedings of the 2002 Advanced Study Institute on Neural Networks for Instrumentation, Measurement and Related Industrial Applications (NIMIA-SC 2001), pp. 139-144, Crema, Italy, 9-20 October 2001.

[122] D.A. Karras, I. Koutsias and B.G. Mertzios, “A Systematic Second Order Meaning Extraction Methodology in Document Collections for Internet Data Mining Using Supervised Neural

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Networks,” Proceedings of the 2002 Advanced Research Workshop on Limitations and Future Trends in Neural Computation (LFTNC 2001), pp. 169-182, Siena, Italy, 22-24 October 2001.

[123] S.A. Bakalexis, Y.S. Boutalis and B.G. Mertzios, “Edge Detection and Image Segmentation Based on Nonlinear Anisotropic Diffusion,” Proceedings of the14th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, (DSP 2002), No. 0321, Santorini, Hellas, July 1-3, 2002.

[124] G. A. Papakostas, D. A. Karras and B. G. Mertzios, “Image Coding Using a Wavelet Based Zernike Moments Compression Technique,” Proceedings of the14th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, (DSP 2002), No. 0342, vol. II, pp. 517-520, Santorini, Hellas, July 1-3, 2002.

[125] D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “On Edge Detection in MRI Using the Wavelet Transform and Unsupervised Neural Networks,” Proceedings of the 4th EURASIP Conference Focused on Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications, (EC-VIP-MC 2003), IEEE Catalog Number 03EX667, ISBN- 953-184-054-7, pp. 461-466, Zagreb, Croatia, July 2-5, 2003.

[126] Ch. Voutriaridis, Y.S. Boutalis and B.G. Mertzios, “Ridge Polynomial Networks in Pattern Recognion,” Proceedings of the 4th EURASIP Conference Focused on Video/Image Processing and Multimedia Communications, (EC-VIP-MC 2003), IEEE Catalog Number 03EX667, ISBN- 953-184-054-7, pp. 519-524, Zagreb, Croatia, July 2-5, 2003.

[127] G. A. Papakostas, Y. S. Boutalis and B. G .Mertzios, “Evolutionary Selection of Zernike Moment Sets In Image Processing,” Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: (IWSSIP-2003), paper 52-52, Czech Technical University of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, September 10-11, 2003.

[128] Th.L. Kottas , Y.S. Boutalis, G. Devedzic and B.G. Mertzios, “A New Method for Reaching Equilibrium Points in Fuzzy Cognitive Maps,” Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS'2004), pp. 53-60, Varna, Bulgaria, 22-24 June 2004.

[129] D.A. Karras, C.E. Vlitakis, Y.S. Boutalis and B.G. Mertzios, “Optimizing the Structure of Hierarchical Mixture of Experts Using Genetic Algorithms,” Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS'2004), pp. 144-149, Varna, Bulgaria, 22-24 June 2004.

[130] G.A.Papakostas, Y.S.Boutalis, D.A.Karras and B.G.Mertzios, “On the Reconstruction Performance of Compressed Orthogonal Moments,” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, (ICINCO 2004), pp. 468-474, Setubal, Portugal, 25-28 August 2004.

[131] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “An Exploration Measure of the Diversity Variation in Genetic Algorithms,” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2005), pp. 260-265, Barcelona , Spain, 14-17 September 2005.

[132] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, S. Samartzidis, D. A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “Combining Backpropagation and Genetic Algorithms to Train Neural Networks,” Proceedings of the Twelvth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: (IWSSIP 2005), pp. 171-177, Chalkis, Greece, September 22-24, 2005.

[133] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “Efficient Computation of Orthogonal Moments by Suppressing the Factorial Terms”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST 2006), pp. 23-27, Minori, Italy, April 29, 2006, IEEE Cat. Number 05EX1003C, ISBN 0-7803-8293-9.

[134] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, D.E. Koulouriotis and B.G. Mertzios, “A First Study of Pattern Classification Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps,” Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP 2006), pp. 369-374, Budapest, Hungary, September 21-23, 2006.

[135] G.A. Papakostas, D.A. Karras, B.G. Mertzios and Y.S. Boutalis, “An Efficient Invariant Image Recognition Methodology Using Wavelet Compressed Zernike Moments Denoised Through Self Organizing Maps”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST 2007), pp. 1-6, Krakow, Poland, May 4-5, 2007.

[136] D. A. Karras, B. G. Mertzios, C. Alexopoulos and D. Mitzias, “A Robust Hierarchical Neural Network Methodology for Improved Image Classification Performance”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST 2007), Krakow, Poland, May 4–5, 2007.

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Fourier-Mellin Moments Using Modified Direct Method,” Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP 2007), paper S5-4, pp. 161-164, Maribor, Slovenia, June 27-30, 2007.

[138] G.A. Papakostas, Y.S. Boutalis, D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “Highly Compressed Zernike Moments by Smoothing,” Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP 2007), paper S7-3, pp. 213-216, Maribor, Slovenia, June 27-30, 2007.

[139] P.K. Sotiropoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Nonlinear Coordinate Logic Filters in Fractal Modeling,” Proceedings of the International Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing (NSIP 2007), Buchurest, Romania, September 10-12, 2007.

Robotics

[140] J.N. Lygouras, B.G. Mertzios and N.C. Voulgaris, “Design and Construction of a Microcomputer Controlled Light Weight Robot Arm,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Motion Control, vol. 2, pp. 551-555, Constantinoupolis, August 20-22, 1990.

[141] B.G. Mertzios and S.S. Scarlatos, “Fast Implementation of Robotic Manipulator Kinematics Using CORDIC and Systolic Array Processors,” Proceedings of the European Robotics and Intelligent Systems Conference, pp. 19-26, Corfu, Hellas, June 23-28, 1991.

+[142] B.G. Mertzios, “Shape Discrimination in Robotic Vision Using Scaled Normalized Central Moments,” Proceedings of the IFAC Workshop on Mutual Impact of Computing Power and Control Theory, pp. 281-287, Prague, Czechoslovakia, September 1-2, 1992.

[143] D. Mitzias and B.G. Mertzios, “Shape Recognition in Robotic Vision Using a Fixed Size of Neural Networks,” Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering , pp. TM5.15.1-4, Toronto, Canada, September 13-16, 1992.

[144] I. Spiliotis and B.G. Mertzios, “Image Block Representation and its Implications in Robotic Vision,” Proceedings of the Advanced Summer Institute (ASI 1995), The Annual Conference of ICIMS-NOE on Intelligent Control and Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, 25-28 June, 1995.

[145] G. Grigoriadis and B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Implementation of Direct Robot Kinematics Based on the Distributed Arithmetic Technique,” Proceedings of the Twelvth European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 1995, Constantinoupolis, pp. 407-410, August 27-31, 1995.

[146] G. Grigoriadis, V.D. Tourassis and B.G. Mertzios, “Fast Implementation of Robot Inverse Dynamics with the Distributed Arithmetic on a SIMD Architecture,” Proceedings of the First ECPD International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Automation, pp. 534-539, Athens, Hellas, September 6-8, 1995.

[147] G. Grigoriadis and B.G. Mertzios, “Implementation of the Positional Forward Velocities in Robotic Manipulators with the Distributed Arithmetic Technique,” Proceedings of the First ECPD International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Automation, pp. 540-545, Athens, Hellas, September 6-8, 1995.

[148] D.A. Mitzias and B.G. Mertzios, “A Robot Vision System for Object Recognition and Manipulation Based on a Neural Multiclassifier System” Proceedings of the Advanced Summer Institute (ASI 1997), The Annual Conference of ICIMS-NOE, pp. 240-246, Budapest, Hungary, July 14-18, 1997.

[149] G.K. Grigoriadis, D.G. Stavridis and B.G. Mertzios, “A Generic Architecture for the Computation of the Robot Kinematic and Dynamic Functions,” Proceedings of the Advanced Summer Institute (ASI 1997), The Annual Conference of ICIMS-NOE, pp. 247-253, Budapest, Hungary, July 14-18, 1997.

[150] D.A. Karras, Y.S. Boutalis and B.G. Mertzios, “A Two-Stage Methodology for Approximating Functions Based on Neural Networks with Applications to Intelligent Dynamic Robot Control,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing: (IWSSIP 1998), pp. 139-142, Zagreb, Croatia, June 3-5, 1998.

[151] D.A. Karras, Y. Boutalis, D. Mitzias and B.G. Mertzios, “A Neural Function Aproximation Methodology Based on Multiple Feature Extraction Techniques for Solving the Inverse Modeling Problem in Intelligent Robotic Applications,” Proceedings of the Advanced Summer Institute (ASI 1998), The Annual Conference of ICIMS-NOE, pp. 252-259, Bremen, Germany, June 14-17, 1998.

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Structure Modelling,” Proceedings of the Advanced Summer Institute (ASI 1998), The Annual Conference of ICIMS-NOE, pp. 270-287, Bremen, Germany, June 14-17, 1998.

[153] A. Moise, Y.S. Boutalis and B.G. Mertzios, “Cartesian Space Neural Control of Robot Manipulators,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Forecasting, Diagnosis and Control, (IFDICON 2001), pp. 171-178, Santorini, Hellas, June 24-29, 2001.

[154] Y. Boutalis, A. Moise and B. Mertzios, “Neural Network Schemes in Cartesian Space Control of Robot Manipulators,” Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Modeling, Simulation and Systems’ Identification SIMSIS-11, Galati – Romania, pp. 56-61, October 12-13, 2001.

[155] D.A. Karras, Y. Boutalis and B.G. Mertzios, “A Support Vector Machine Function Approximation Approach for Solving the Inverse Modeling Problem in Intelligent Robotic Applications,” Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWISSP-2002), World Scientific, pp. 447-452, Manchester, UK, November 7-8, 2002.

[156] C. Voutriaridis, Y. Boutalis, A. Moise and B.G. Mertzios, “Recurrent Neural Networks in Behavioural Tasks of Mobile Robots,” Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Process Control (SPC-2003), Ploiesti, October 8-9, 2003, in the Special Issue of Buletinul Universitatii Petrol-Gaze din Ploesti, ISSN 1221-9371, pp . 48-51, vol. LV, Seria Tehnica Nr. 2/2003.

C. Refereed Research Papers in National Conference Proceedings [1] Χρ. Λέφας, Ι. Καούρης και Β.Γ. Μέρτζιος, “Στρατηγικές Βελτιστοποίησης Ηλιακών Θερμικών

Συστημάτων,” Πρακτικά 1ου Συνεδρίου Ηλιακής Τεxνικής, σελ. 139-152, Θεσσαλονίκη, 20-22 Οκτωβρίου 1982.

[2] A.N. Venetsanopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Reconfigurable Filters for Image Processing,” Proceedings of the Hellenic Telecommunications Conference, HETELCON 1983, Athens, Hellas, August 24-26, 1983.

[3] Δ. Μήτζιας και Β.Γ. Μέρτζιος, “Αναγνώριση Προτύπων Χρησιμοποιώντας ένα Συνδιασμό Ανεξάρτητων μεταξύ τους Χαρακτηριστικών,” Πρακτικά 2ου Πανελληνίου Συμποσίου Ηλιακής και Διαστημικής 'Ερευνας στην Ελλάδα, Ξάνθη, 26-29 Απριλίου 1993.

[4] Χ. Κοτσαβασίλογλου, Δ. Μήτζιας, Β.Γ. Μέρτζιος και Στ. Μπαλογιάννης, “Μορφομετρία και Συνάψεις του Κ.Ν.Σ.,” Συνέδριο Πληροφορικής Ιατρικής, Θεσσαλονίκη, Μάιος 1994.

[5] Α. Ρήγας και Β.Γ. Μέρτζιος, “Μοντελοποίησις ενός Πολυπλόκου Νευροφυσιολογικού Συστήματος με την Χρήσιν Αναπτυγμάτων Volterra,” Πρακτικά Α' Συνεδρίου Νευροεπιστημών Θεσσαλονίκης-Λευκωσίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 3-4 Ιουνίου 1994.

[6] Χ. Κοτσαβασίλογλου, Δ. Μήτζιας, Β.Γ. Μέρτζιος και Στ. Μπαλογιάννης, “Μορφομετρία και Συνάψεις του Κ.Ν.Σ.,” Πρακτικά Α' Συνεδρίου Νευροεπιστημών Θεσσαλονίκης-Λευκωσίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 3-4 Ιουνίου 1994.

[7] Α. Τσαδήρας, Β.Γ. Μέρτζιος και Κ. Μαργαρίτης, “Ιδιότητες Μετάβασης και Σύγκλισης Ασαφών Γνωστικών Απεικονίσεων (Fuzzy cognitive maps),” 2ο Συνέδριο Μη Γραμμικής Δυναμικής, Ξάνθη, 25 Ιουλίου - 6 Αυγούστου 1994.

[8] Μ. Λιανάς και Β.Γ. Μέρτζιος, “Αναγνώριση Προτύπων με Νευρωνικά Δίκτυα και Κυματίδια (Wavelets),” 2ο Συνέδριο Μη Γραμμικής Δυναμικής, Ξάνθη, 25 Ιουλίου - 6 Αυγούστου 1994.

[9] Στ. Μπαλογιάννης, Χ. Κοτσαβασίλογλου, Β. Κώστα, Δ. Μήτζιας, Α. Ρήγας και Β.Γ. Μέρτζιος, “Μορφολογικαί και Μορφομετρικαί Παρατηρήσεις επι των Νευρωνικών Συνάcεων εις την Νόσον του Alzheimer,” 10η Συνάντηση Εταιρείας Νευροεπιστημών: Αναλυτικές Μέθοδοι στην Μελέτη του ΚΝΣ, Αλεξανδρούπολη, 24-27 Νοεμβρίου 1994.

[10] B.G. Mertzios, “Solution of Viscous Fluid Differential Equations via Discrete Passive Dynamical Systems” 5ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο στην Πολυπλοκότητα και Χαοτική Δυναμική μη Γραμμικών Συστημάτων, Θεσσαλονίκη, 14-25 Ιουλίου 1997.

[10] B.G. Mertzios, “Nonlinear Coordinate Logic Filters and their Applications in Pattern Recognition and Fractal Modelling,” Πρακτικά 14ου Θερινού Σχολείου και Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου στην Μη Γραμμική Δυναμική: Χάος και Πολυπλοκότητα, Πάτρα, 23 Ιουλίου- 3 Αυγούστου 2001.

[11] F.N. Koumboulis, N. D. Kouvakas and B.G. Mertzios, “A Review of Chaos Control Techniques,” Πρακτικά 15ου Θερινού Σχολείου και Πανελληνίου Συνεδρίου στην Μη Γραμμική Δυναμική: Χάος και Πολυπλοκότητα, Πάτρα, 19-30 Αυγούστου 2002.

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Systems,” Πρακτικά 4ου Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου Τεχνολογίας και Αυτοματισμού, σελ. 378-373, Θεσσαλονίκη, 5-6 Οκτωβρίου 2002.

D. Books and Book Chapters

[1] A.N. Venetsanopoulos and B.G. Mertzios, “Real-Time Image Processing with Decomposition Structures,” in Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Object Recognition, (V. Cappellini, ed.), pp. 3-18, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland), 1987.

[2] B.G. Mertzios, V. Cappellini and A.N. Venetsanopoulos, “Implementation of 3-D Digital Filters for Image Processing Applications, in Time-Varying Image Processing and Moving Object Recognition, vol. 2, (V. Cappellini, ed.), pp. 101-107, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland), 1990.

[3] J.N. Lygouras, B.G. Mertzios and N.C. Voulgaris, “Hardware Implementation of Specific Robotic Functions,” in Expert Systems and Robotics, (T. Iordanides and B. Torby, eds.), pp. 319-340, Berlin: Springer- Verlag, 1991.

[4] G.J. Marseille, C. van Meijeren, I. M. Spiliotis, D. van Ormondt and B.G. Mertzios, “Bayesian Image Estimation from Sparse Raw MRI Data,” in Mathematics in Signal Processing IV (J.G. McWhirter and I.K. Proudler, eds.), pp. 263-274, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998.

[5] F. N. Koumboulis and B. G. Mertzios, “Disturbance Decoupling of Singular Systems via P-D feedback,” in Computers and Computational Engineering in Control, Electrical and Computer Engineering Series, World Scientific Engineering Society Press, pp. 181-183, 1999.

[6] D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “On Applying Fast And Efficient Methods in Pattern Recognition,” in Signal Processing for Multimedia, (Ed. J.S. Byrnes), vol. 174, NATO Science Series: Computer & Systems Sciences, ISBN: 90-5199-460-5, IOS Press, <http://www.iospress.com/site/html/ncss.html>, 2000.

[7] B.G. Mertzios and K. Tsirikolias, “Coordinate Logic Filters: Theory and Applications in Image Analysis,” in Nonlinear Image Processing, (Eds. S.K. Mitra and G. Sicuranza), Academic Press Series in Communications, Networking and Multimedia, ISBN: 1-12-500451-6, Academic Press, <http://www.academicpress.com>, San Diego, CA, 2001.

[8] F.N. Koumboulis and B.G. Mertzios Robotics, Hellenic Open University, 2000.[9] Φ.Ν. Κουμπουλής και Β.Γ. Μέρτζιος, Ρομποτική, Εκδόσεις Παπασωτηρίου, ISBN: 960-7530-13-

6, 2002. [10] B.G. Mertzios, “Nonlinear Coordinate Logic Filters and their Applications,” ΤΑΞΗ ΚΑΙ ΧΑΟΣ,

Τόμος έβδομος, σελ. 249-258, Εκδόσεις Γ.Α. Πνευματικός, 2002. [11] D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “A Robust Meaning Extraction Methodology Using Neural

Networks,” in AI 2002: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, (R.I. McKay and J. Slaney, eds.), vol. LNAI 2557, pp. 498-510, Spinger-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2002.

[12] D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, “Improved Defect Detection Using Novel Wavelet Feature Extraction Involving Principal Component Anaysis and Neural Network Techniques,” in AI 2002: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, (R.I. McKay and J. Slaney, eds.), vol. LNAI 2557, pp. 638-647, Spinger-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2002.

[13] G. Papakostas, D.A. Karras, Y. Boutalis, B.G. Mertzios, “Efficient Computation of Moment Descriptors” in Recent Advances in Applied Signals, Systems and Image Processing, D.A. Karras (Εd.), Springer, ISBN: 978-1-4020-8169-9, 2007.

[14] D.A. Karras and B.G. Mertzios, Multiclassifiers in Pattern Recognition Systems. To appear.

E. Monograph

B.G. Mertzios, “Design and Implementation of Two-Dimensional Digital Filters“, Department of Elevtrocal Engineering, Democritus University, 1985.

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