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Software and Hardware for Data Analysis, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing

The entries below provide some information on software and hardware for Data Analysis, Data Mining and Visualisation, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Image Processing and related fields. Suggestions for additions can be mailed to the address below. Additionally, we also provide:

• An unsorted list of software announcements found in discussion groups
• An unsorted list of hardware announcements found in discussion groups

Online Demos

• Artificial Neural Networks Lab: Java applets and GIF-animation
• DemoGNG Java demo on competitive learning
• Java Applets for Neural Network and Artificial Life
• WEBSOM - A novel SOM-based approach to free-text mining

Software lists

• Belief Networks
• Data mining software list
• KDnuggets Software
• Matlab Central Mathworks' list of free files
• Optimization Software Guide
• Technical computing portal Matlab, C/C++, Visual Basic...
• Statistical and computational software

Optimization and Mathematical Programming

• CPLEX Barrier/QP Solver
• LOQO Linear and Quadratic Optimization Package by Robert Vanderbei
• MINOS Linear and Quadratic Solver in Fortran
• TOMLAB Optimization Environment for Matlab

Statistical analysis, data analysis and visualisation

• GTM Generative Topographic Mapping
• Locally Linear Embedding by Sam T. Roweis and Lawrence K. Saul
• PhiVis Probabilistic Hierarchical Interactive Visualization in Matlab
• R Project for Statistical Computing; GNU project
• Spatial Statistics
• Statistical Software
• XGOBI and XGvis Data Visualisation

Bioinformatics

• Bioconductor An open source and open development software project for the analysis and comprehension of genomic data

General learning: Pattern Recognition, Neural Networks, Machine Learning...

• Classification Toolbox for Matlab
• DTREG Decision Trees for regression and classification; useful when dealing with categorical variables; commercial
• Generalized Linear Models
• HTK, Hidden Markov modelling Toolkit
• Hierarchical Clustering Explorer for Windows
• KBVision Recognition Toolkit, a broad set of tools for statistical based feature analysis, evaluation and classification; commercial
• LEARNSC Learning and soft computing: SVM, NN and Fuzzy Logic Models in Matlab
• MLC++, A Machine Learning Library in C++ developed at Stanford University
• Netlab Matlab toolbox including Gaussian Process Regression, Mixture Models and Neural Networks
• Partek Pattern Recognition and Recognition Technologies
• PRTOOLS Pattern Recognition toolbox in Matlab, by Bob Duin
• SPR/ANNLIB, C-libraries for Statistical Pattern Recognition and Artificial Neural Networks
• Statistical Pattern Recognition Toolbox
• Tilburg Memory Based Learner
• Torch - Machine Learning library in C++

  Bayesian Learning and Gaussian Processes

  • BayesBuilder A tool for constructing and testing Bayesian networks
  • BayesiaLab A tool for modeling and data mining with Bayesian networks; commercial
  • Flexible Bayesian Modelling Bayesian regression and classification models based on Neural Networks and Gaussian processes
  • MAP-1 Gaussian processes for regression by Carl Rasmussen
  • Tpros and Cpros Gaussian processes package by Mark Gibbs
  • Software Packages for Graphical Models / Bayesian Networks

  Independent Component Analysis (ICA)

  • Blind Source Separation Using Temporal Predictability in Matlab
  • ICA toolbox in Matlab
  • ICALAB for Signal and Image Processing in Matlab
  • Fast ICA, a Matlab package from Helsinki University of Technology

  Unsupervised Learning

  • CLUTO Clustering high-dimensional datasets
  • Fast Fuzzy Cluster
  • Snob Mixture modelling

  Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) and Neural Networks (NN)

  • Artificial Neural Network toolbox in Matlab
  • DISCERN A neural network package for natural language processing
  • LENS Neural Network simulator
  • NEURON for computer simulations of neurons and neural networks and the accompanying TUTORIAL
  • NNUGA Neural Network Using Genetic Algorithms
  • PINN Pseudo-Inverse associative Neural Networks, a library in C++
  • Radial Basis Function Networks in Matlab by mark Orr
  • SNNS Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator
  • SOM_PAK and LVQ_PAK (Linear Vector Quantizer) - from Helsinki University of Technology
  • SOM - a Matlab package from Helsinki University of Technology

  Support Vector Machines (SVM)

  C/C++, Fortran implementation

  • BSVM A decomposition method for bound-constrained SVM formulations
  • HeroSvm1.0A high performance library for training SVM on a very large training set efficiently
  • LIBSVM An SVM library with a graphic interface
  • LOOMS A leave-one-out model selection for SVM
  • Least Squares - Support Vector Machines Matlab/C Toolbox
  • M-SVM Multi-class SVM for very large problems
  • mySVM SVM implementation for pattern recognition and regression
  • mySVM and SVMlight for Windows SVM implementation for Windows, uses Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
  • Nearest Point Algorithm by Sathiya Keerthi (in FORTRAN)
  • SMO training of SVM Sequential Minimal Optimization in C++
  • SMOBR. an implementation of the original SMO proposed by Platt, written in C++
  • SVMLight by Thorsten Joachims (written in C)

  Matlab implementation

  • Least Squares - Support Vector Machines Matlab/C Toolbox
  • Matlab SVM Toolbox by Steve Gunn
  • Matlab SVM Toolbox Matlab implementation in the style of SVMlight, can train 1-norm and 2-norm SVMs
  • OSU SVM Classifier Matlab Toolbox A matlab toolbox with a C++ mex core to fast implement the SVM classifiers
  • SVM Toolbox Object Oriented Matlab toolbox, including C++ MEX implementation of the SMO by Gavin Cawley
  • SVM/LOO Matlab code for SVM incremental learning and decremental unlearning (LOO validation)
  • SVM Tools Matlab's implementation by Glenn Fung and Olvi Managsarian

Image Processing and Vision

• 3DVIEWNIX 3D Visualization and image processing
• Distort Image distortion of TIFF files
• Foster Findlay software for image analysis and processing
• FP Image for Windows
• HIPS image processing software
• INO Optical Correlator
• JIU - The Java Imaging Utilities A Java library to load, process, analyze and save pixel images. Requires Java 1.1, distributed with full source code under the GPL.
• Khoros a commercial software for data manipulation and signal/image processing
• MegaWave Wavelets, morphological scale spaces, signal processing for image processing
• OpenCV Open Source Computer Vision Library; a large group of active users
• Houghtool Package for Hough Transform Calculation
• SIGHTech and the Eyebot, a trainable, standalone inspection system
• DIPimage Scientific Image Processing Toolbox for MATLAB
• TIM for Windows Image processing and analysis
• The Imagingsource Company
• WaveLab, Wavelet analysis in Matlab
• Vision components and vendors
• Vista A computer vision package

OCR and Handwriting

• A Portable Handwriting Recognition Engine Interface (SUN)
• Kofax
• Illuminator, Toolbox for OCR and image understanding
• Pagis OCR and scanning software
• Public Domain OCR Software maintained by University of Maryland