Classifier combinations: Implementations and theoretical issues

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

Volumn 1857 LNCS, Issue , 2000, Pages 77-86

  Lam, Louisa ^a,b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS;

CLASSIFIER COMBINATION; COMBINATION PROCESS; MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 84867038166     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45014-9_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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