Generating classifier ensembles from multiple prototypes and its application to handwriting recognition

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

Volumn 2364, Issue , 2002, Pages 179-188

  Günter, Simon ^a   Bunke, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AdaBoost; Ensemble creation method; Handwriting recognition; Hidden markov model (HMM); Multiple classifier system

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BOOSTING; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

BASE CLASSIFIERS; CLASSIFIER ENSEMBLES; ENSEMBLE CREATION METHODS; HANDWRITING RECOGNITION; HANDWRITTEN WORDS; ITS APPLICATIONS; MULTIPLE CLASSIFIER SYSTEMS;

CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 84947608948     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45428-4_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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