@techreport{Cooper-VSSP-TR-1-2011,
	author = "Helen Cooper and Eng-Jon Ong and Richard Bowden", 
	title = " Give Me a Sign : A Person Independent Interactive Sign Dictionary", 
	booktitle = "VSSP-TR-1/2011", 
	year = "2011", 
	month = "October", 
	address = "Guildford, UK", 
	institution = "FEPS, University of Surrey", 
	number = "VSSP-TR-1/2011",  
	abstract = {This paper presents a method to perform person independent sign recognition. 
	This is achieved by implementing generalising features based on sign linguistics. These 
	are combined using two methods. The first is traditional Markov models, which are shown 
	to lack the required generalisation. The second is a discriminative approach called 
	Sequential Pattern Boosting, which combines feature selection with learning. The resulting 
	system is introduced as a dictionary application, allowing signers to query by performing 
	a sign in front of a Kinect. Two data sets are used and results shown for both, with the 
	query-return rate reaching 99.9\% on a 20 sign multi-user dataset and 85.1\% on a more 
	challenging and realistic subject independent, 40 sign test set.},
	url = {http://personal.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/H.Cooper/research/papers/VSSP-TR-1-2011.pdf}
}