The invention discloses a human face image super-resolution recognition method based on fractional order multi-set partial
least squares. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, learning a correlation relationship between views with different resolutions by using a
training set in a training stage, reducing dimensions of an image by using PCA (
Principal Component Analysis), re-estimating intra-group and inter-group
covariance matrixes by using a fractional order thought, calculating an FMPLS projection matrix, and projecting principal component features to a consistent coherent subspace of the FMPLS; step 2, in a test stage, extracting principal component features of a plurality of input low-resolution images, projecting the principal component features to corresponding FMPLS subspaces, and reconstructing high-resolution features of the input low-resolution images through a neighborhood reconstruction strategy; and 3, finally, carrying out face recognition by utilizing a
nearest neighbor classifier. According to the method, the fractional order multi-set partial
least squares are utilized, mapping of various specific resolutions between face views with different resolutionscan be learned at the same time, and meanwhile, the
covariance matrix is estimated again by means of the fractional order thought, so that the influence caused by factors such as insufficient samplenumber and
noise is reduced.