Multiple neural network integration using a binary decision tree to improve the ECG signal recognition accuracy

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 647-655

  Tran, Hoai Linh ^a   Pham, Van Nam ^a   Vuong, Hoang Nam ^a  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

arrhythmia recognition; decision tree; Hermite basis function decomposition; integration of classifiers; neural classifiers

Indexed keywords

BINARY TREES; DECISION TREES; DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

ARRHYTHMIA RECOGNITION; HERMITE BASIS FUNCTIONS; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; MLP (MULTILAYER PERCEPTRON); MULTIPLE NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURAL CLASSIFIERS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; SVM(SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE);

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84907811194     PISSN: 1641876X     EISSN: 20838492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/amcs-2014-0047     Document Type: Article

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