Biometric scores fusion based on total error rate minimization

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1066-1082

  Toh, Kar Ann ^a   Kim, Jaihie ^a   Lee, Sangyoun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Decision fusion; Equal error rate; Machine learning; Multimodal biometrics; Pattern classification

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIT ERROR RATE; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DECISION MAKING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION FUSION; EQUAL ERROR RATE; MULTIMODAL BIOMETRICS;

BIOMETRICS;

EID: 35448950516     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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