1 INTRODUCTION  
2.1 Sample Selection & Morphologies  
3 DATA PROCESSING  
3.1 SEXTRACTOR Runs  
3.2 Galaxy Fitting: The GalP-Hyt Wrap Scripts  
3.3 Additional Structural Parameters. The CAS Indices and the Gini-M System  
4 MERGER IDENTIFICATION USING STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS OF THE RESIDUALS  
4.1 Statistical Quality of Samples  
4.2 The Training Set for the F-score Technique  
4.3 Comparison Between Merger Diagnostics  
4.4 The Effect of the β Parameter  
5 VISUAL ASSESSMENT OF THE MERGER SAMPLES OBTAINED  
5.1 Contamination by Non-Mergers  
5.2 The Search for Minor Mergers  
6 CONCLUSIONS