On the relationship between majority vote accuracy and dependency in multiple classifier systems

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 359-363

  Oh, Sang Bong ^a  

^a Daejeon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Combination of classifiers; Dependent classifiers; Majority vote accuracy

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

INDEPENDENT CLASSIFIERS;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0037235971     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8655(02)00260-X     Document Type: Article

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