Reliability parameters to improve combination strategies in multi-expert systems

Pattern Analysis and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-214

  Cordella, L P ^a,c,d,e   Foggia, P ^a,c   Sansone, C ^a,c   Tortorella, F ^b,c   Vento, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^c IAPR   (Italy)

^d IEEE   (Italy)

^e University of Naples Federico II ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification reliability; Combining rules; Multi expert systems; Neural nets; OCR; Statistical classifiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033461670     PISSN: 14337541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100440050029     Document Type: Article

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