Some new algorithms and software implementation methods for pattern recognition research part II. software implementation methods

In this part of the paper, the design philosophy of two software systems is discussed. The first, the Modular Interactive Software System MISS (1) is a general purpose interactive software system implementation framework within which purpose specific interactive software systems can be implemented. In addition to providing a framework within which to implement interactive software systems, the MISS system includes a software kernel which supports a high level interactive language plus several utility programs which facilitate the addition and documentation of new software modules implementing new statements in the interactive language. The second software system described here is a general purpose image analysis and pattern recognition research system IPS [1,2]. The IPS system is written within the MISS framework and consists of close to 300 extensions to the base level interactive language supported by the MISS system. Prior to a more detailed description of MISS and IPS, let us examine some of the requirements these software system are designed to meet.