Hand gesture recognition using ensembles of radial basis function (RBF) networks and decision trees

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 845-872

  Gutta, Srinivas ^a   Imam, Ibrahim F ^a   Wechsler, Harry ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision trees (AQDT); Ensembles of radial basis function (ERBF) networks; Hand gesture recognition; Hybrid learning; Hybrid systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347890937     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021800149700038X     Document Type: Article

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