This paper improves a kernel-smoothed test of symmetry through combining it with a new class of asymmetric kernels … called the generalized gamma kernels. It is demonstrated that the improved test statistic has a normal limit under the null …

This paper improves a kernel-smoothed test of symmetry through combining it with a new class of asymmetric kernels … called the generalized gamma kernels. It is demonstrated that the improved test statistic has a normal limit under the null …

using different directional masks for detecting the edge responses on face recognition accuracy, such as Prewitt kernels …, Kirsch masks, Sobel kernels, and Gaussian derivative masks. The performance evaluation of the proposed HODF algorithm is …