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Part I: Pattern Algebra. 1: Generators and configurations. 2: Imagesand patterns. Part II: Pattern Topology. 3: Some topologies on regularstructures. Part III: Pattern Dynamics. 4: Abstract biologicalpatterns. 5: Patterns of collective behaviour. 6: Patterns generatedfrom extremum principles. Part IV: Metric Pattern Theory. 7: Generalprinciples of MPT. 8: Pattern synthesis. 9: First limit problem in MPT.10: Second limit problem in MPT. 11: Mixed limit problem in MPT. PartV: Pattern Deformations. 12: Chapter 12: Deformation mechanisms. PartVI: Pattern Inference. 13: Ends and means in pattern analysis. 14:Bayesian pattern inference. 15: Lattice-based models. 16:Continuum-based models. 17: Non-Bayesian pattern inference. 18: Patternrecognition. Part VII: Creating Regular Structures. 19: Creatinggenerators. 20: Creating acceptor functions and connectors