Multiple classifier combination methodologies for different output levels

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

Volumn 1857 LNCS, Issue , 2000, Pages 52-66

  Suen, Ching Y ^a   Lam, Louisa ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS;

ABSTRACT LEVELS; COMBINATION METHOD; MULTIPLE CLASSIFIER COMBINATION; MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS; OUTPUT LEVELS;

ABSTRACTING;

EID: 84867045064     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45014-9_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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