On the combination of abstract-level classifiers

International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-54

  Bovino, L ^a   Dimauro, G ^b   Impedovo, S ^b   Lucchese, M G ^a   Modugno, R ^b   Pirlo, G ^b   Salzo, A ^a   Sarcinella, L ^a  

^a CINI Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l Informatica Bari   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abstract level classifiers; Classification; Combination methods; Multiclassifier systems; Similarity

Indexed keywords

COMBINATION METHOD; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MULTICLASSIFIER SYSTEM; REAL DATA SETS; SIMILARITY;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 10044221342     PISSN: 14332833     EISSN: 14332825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10032-002-0099-z     Document Type: Article

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