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In large databases, availability of labeled training data is mostly prohibitive in classification. Semi-supervised algorithms are employed to tackle the lack of labeled training data problem. Video databases are the epitome for such a scenario; that is why semi-supervised learning has found its niche in it. Graph-based methods are a promising platform for semi-supervised video classification. Based on the multiview characteristic of video data, different features have been proposed (such as SIFT, STIP and MFCC) which can be utilized to build a graph. In this paper, we have proposed a new classification method which fuses the results of manifold regularization over different graphs. Our... 

In this letter, we introduce a semi-supervised manifold regularization framework for human pose estimation. We utilize the unlabeled data to compensate for the complexities in the input space and model the underlying manifold by a nearest neighbor graph. We argue that the optimal graph is a subgraph of the k nearest neighbors (k-NN) graph. Then, we estimate distances in the output space to approximate this subgraph. In addition, we use the underlying manifold of the points in the output space to introduce a novel regularization term which captures the correlation among the output dimensions. The modified graph and the proposed regularization term are utilized for a smooth regression over...