vsl

General This is a testing environment used for creating visual surveillance applications. The main idea that stand behind it is to supply the users various surveillance algorithms which they mix together to create different behaviors. The environment supports plug-in behavior which allows to develop such algorithms in a consistent manner. The application implements a GUI interface based on Windows forms 2.0 and is written entirely using C#. Motivation Anomaly detection - This is the first motivation for such a system that comes into mind , i.e. the ability to learn somehow what is considered a normal behavior and any behavior that deviates from the normal one is considered an anomaly. An example usage can be in an office building entrance hall were we all know that people go straight to the lobby after they enter the building, so people that decide to go to a different direction can be considered harmful. Automated s