Some classification algorithms integrating Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence with the rank nearest neighbor rules

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-66

  Pal, Nikhil R ^a   Ghosh, Swati ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ITT Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; NEAREST NEIGHBOR CLASSIFIERS; RANK NEAREST NEIGHBOR RULES;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 0035082231     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.903867     Document Type: Article

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