Research Article

Integrating the Symmetry Image and Improved Sparse Representation for Railway Fastener Classification and Defect Recognition

Table 2

The original and symmetrical distances of the samples shown in Figure 4.

Number of the subjectsMissing fastenerWorn fastenerIntact fastener

Original distance (105)4.723.473.24
The first symmetrical distance (105)4.933.552.76
The second symmetrical distance (105)2.893.374.58