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From the point when the project commenced, a tool was needed to conduct experiments in a systematic manner - namely a flexible work environment for experimental studies. The problem which needed to solve was that of simple data registration so one dimensional data needed to be generated and then analysed in sensible ways, before, throughout and after registration.
The high-level procedural language MATLAB was used to develop a package that can be rapidly modified and tested. On top of this package, a graphical user interface was laid7.4 and results were displayed in the form of hyper-text. As development of this package progressed, it was decided to name it Autonomous Appearance-based Registration Test-bed (AART). As the name implies, this is primarily a flexible environment in which registration tasks can be performed. Of particular interest it was registration which is based on appearance of images. This appearance can be described by the means of a model and the process of registration is intended to be free of user intervention, hence it is autonomous.
As it presently stands, AART is a stable tool that has a great number of run-time options. By setting these options, new experiments can be quickly conducted and results returned in visual form as well as in rich textual form.
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