Pairwise classifier combination using belief functions

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 644-653

  Quost, Benjamin ^a   Denœux, Thierry ^a   Masson, Marie Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Classification; Classifier fusion; Dempster Shafer theory; Evidence theory; Polychotomous classification

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CLASSIFIER FUSION; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; EVIDENCE THEORY; POLYCHOTOMOUS CLASSIFICATION;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846058836     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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