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Head pose estimation: Classification or regression?

Head pose estimation has many useful applications in practice. How to estimate the head pose automatically and robustly is still a challenging problem. In pose estimation, different pose angles can be used as regression values or viewed as different class labels. Thus a question is raised in our study: which is proper for pose estimation - classification or regression? We investigate representative classification and regression methods on the same problem to see any difference. A method that combines regression and classification approaches is also examined. Preliminary experiments show some interesting results which might prompt further exploration of related issues in pose estimation.