Markov Random Fields for Vision and Image Processing  
Andrew Blake, Pushmeet Kohli, Carsten Rother
The MIT Press
This volume demonstrates the power of the Markov random field (MRF) in                  vision, treating the MRF both as a tool for modeling image data and, utilizing                  recently developed algorithms, as a means of making inferences about images. These                  inferences concern underlying image and scene structure as well as solutions to such                  problems as image reconstruction, image segmentation, 3D vision, and object                  labeling. It offers key findings and state-of-the-art research on both algorithms                  and applications. After an introduction to the fundamental concepts used in MRFs,                  the book reviews some of the main algorithms for performing inference with MRFs;                  presents successful applications of MRFs, including segmentation, super-resolution,                  and image restoration, along with a comparison of various optimization methods;                  discusses advanced algorithmic topics; addresses limitations of the strong locality                  assumptions in the MRFs discussed in earlier chapters; and showcases applications                  that use MRFs in more complex ways, as components in bigger systems or with                  multiterm energy functions. The book will be an essential guide to current research                  on these powerful mathematical tools.