On utilizing stochastic learning weak estimators for training and classification of patterns with non-stationary distributions

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3698 LNAI, Issue , 2005, Pages 107-120

  Oommen, B John ^a   Rueda, Luis ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CBC); LEARNING COEFFICIENTS; NON-STATIONARY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC LEARNING WEAK ESTIMATOR (SLWE);

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 33646177242     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/11551263_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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