A systematic account of the current status of holographic recognition systems, including their theory, principles of construction, and applications. Discusses statistical image recognition methods, optical data processing, principles of holographic correlator construction, holographic character readers, and other related topics. No subject index. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews. com) | Image Recognition by Holography by G I Vasilenko, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters