Integrating heterogeneous classifier ensembles for EMG signal decomposition based on classifier agreement

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 866-882

  Rasheed, Sarbast ^a   Stashuk, Daniel W ^a   Kamel, Mohamed S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

statistic; Base classifiers; Classifier agreement; Classifier ensemble; Diversity measure; Hybrid classifier fusion; Motor unit potential classification

Indexed keywords

BASE CLASSIFIERS; CLASSIFIER AGREEMENTS; CLASSIFIER ENSEMBLES; DIVERSITY MEASURE; HYBRID CLASSIFIER; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL CLASSIFICATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FUZZY FILTERS; MATCHED FILTERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CLASSIFIERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77953144107     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2008.2010552     Document Type: Article

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