Multiple Classifier Systems

Fabio Roli

ISBN 10: 3540221441 / ISBN 13: 9783540221449

Published by Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH and Co. KG, DE, 2004

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Multiple Classifier Systems, MCS 2004, held in Cagliari, Italy in June 2004.The 35 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on bagging and boosting, combination methods, design methods, performance analysis, and applications.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multiple Classifier Systems
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH and Co. KG, DE
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540221441
• ISBN 13: 9783540221449
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2004 ed.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.49W x 2.31H x 23.5D centimeters 15.49 centimeters width by 2.31 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 612 grams

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Synopsis

The fusion of di?erent information sourcesis a persistent and intriguing issue. It hasbeenaddressedforcenturiesinvariousdisciplines,includingpoliticalscience, probability and statistics, system reliability assessment, computer science, and distributed detection in communications. Early seminal work on fusion was c- ried out by pioneers such as Laplace and von Neumann. More recently, research activities in information fusion have focused on pattern recognition. During the 1990s,classi?erfusionschemes,especiallyattheso-calleddecision-level,emerged under a plethora of di?erent names in various scienti?c communities, including machine learning, neural networks, pattern recognition, and statistics. The d- ferent nomenclatures introduced by these communities re?ected their di?erent perspectives and cultural backgrounds as well as the absence of common forums and the poor dissemination of the most important results. In 1999, the ?rst workshop on multiple classi?er systems was organized with the main goal of creating a common international forum to promote the diss- ination of the results achieved in the diverse communities and the adoption of a common terminology, thus giving the di?erent perspectives and cultural ba- grounds some concrete added value. After ?ve meetings of this workshop, there is strong evidence that signi?cant steps have been made towards this goal. - searchers from these diverse communities successfully participated in the wo- shops, and world experts presented surveys of the state of the art from the perspectives of their communities to aid cross-fertilization.