pattern

**mickey** · 2nd February 2009, 19:13

hello,

do anybody know where i can find a "pattern" (no design pattern) definition (mathematical i mean).

thanks,

**wysota** · 3rd February 2009, 00:32

What exactly do you mean by "pattern" in this context?

**mickey** · 3rd February 2009, 09:36

Roughly a â€œpatternâ€ is a set of instances which shares some regularities and they are similar to each other in some measure. A pattern is something that occurs many times and sometimes it can affected by noise or distortion.
I need a matemathical or statistical definition (not complex). Any pointers, please?
I can invented it but I suppose it'll be too complex for me..

**mickey** · 14th February 2009, 17:12

hello,

I found this pattern definition
http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~sczhu/Cour...o_PR.pdf<br />
at slide 13th (intro to pattern theory). But could anyone give me an idea of the meaning???

thanks