Multiple Classifier Systems

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Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Jun 2002, 2002

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Morethanadecadeago,combiningmultipleclassi erswasproposedasap- siblesolutiontotheproblemsposedbythetraditionalpatternclassi cation approachwhichinvolvedselectingthebestclassi erfromasetofcandidates basedontheirexperimentalevaluation. Asnoclassi erisknowntobethebest forallcasesandtheselectionofthebestclassi erforagivenpracticaltaskis verydi cult,diverseresearchcommunities,includingMachineLearning,N- ralNetworks,PatternRecognition,andStatistics,addressedtheengineering problemofhowtoexploitthestrengthswhileavoidingtheweaknessesofd- ferentdesigns. Thisambitiousresearchtrendwasalsomotivatedbyempirical observationsaboutthecomplementarityofdi erentclassi erdesigns,natural requirementsofinformationfusionapplications,andintrinsicdi cultiesasso- atedwiththeoptimalchoiceofsomeclassi erdesignparameters,suchasthe architectureandtheinitialweightsforaneuralnetwork. Afteryearsofresearch, thecombinationofmultipleclassi ershasbecomeawellestablishedandexciting researcharea,whichprovidese ectivesolutionstodi cultpatternrecognition problems. Aconsiderablebodyofempiricalevidencesupportsthemeritof- signingcombinedsystemswhoseaccuracyishigherthanthatofeachindividual classi er,andvariousmethodsforthegenerationandthecombinationofm- tipleclassi ershavebecomeavailable. However,despitetheprovedutilityof multipleclassi ersystems,nogeneralanswertotheoriginalquestionaboutthe possibilityofexploitingthestrengthswhileavoidingtheweaknessesofdi erent classi erdesignshasyetemerged. Otherfundamentalissuesarealsoamatterof on-goingresearchindi erentresearchcommunities. Theresultsachievedd- ingthepastyearsarealsospreadoverdi erentresearchcommunities,andthis makesitdi culttoexchangesuchresultsandpromotetheircross-fertilization. Theacknowledgmentofthefundamentalrolethatthecreationofacommon internationalforumforresearchersofthediversecommunitiescouldplayfor theadvancementofthisresearch eldmotivatedthepresentseriesofwo- shopsonmultipleclassi ersystems. Followingitspredecessors,MultipleCl- si erSystems2000(SpringerISBN3-540-67704-6)and2001(SpringerISBN 3-540-42284-6),thisvolumecontainstheproceedingsoftheThirdInternational WorkshoponMultipleClassi erSystems(MCS2002),heldattheGrandHotel ChiaLaguna,Cagliari,Italy,onJune24-26,2002. The29papersselectedby thescienti ccommitteehavebeenorganizedinsessionsdealingwithbagging andboosting,ensemblelearningandneuralnetworks,combinationstrategies, designmethodologies,analysisandperformanceevaluation,andapplications. Theworkshopprogramandthisvolumeareenrichedwiththreeinvitedtalks givenbyJoydeepGhosh(UniversityofTexas,USA),TrevorHastie(Stanford University,USA),andSarunasRaudys(VilniusGediminasTechnicalUniversity, Lithuania). Papersweresubmittedfromresearchersofthefourdiversecom- nities,socon rmingthatthisseriesofworkshopscanbecomeacommonforum VI Foreword forexchangingviewsandreportinglatestresearchresults. Asfortheprevious editions,thesigni cantnumberofpapersdealingwithrealpatternrecognition applicationsareproofofthepracticalutilityofmultipleclassi ersystems. This workshopwassupportedbytheUniversityofCagliari,Italy,theUniversityof Surrey,Guildford,UnitedKingdom,andtheDepartmentofElectricalandEl- tronicEngineeringoftheUniversityofCagliari. Allthesesupportsaregratefully acknowledged. WealsothanktheInternationalAssociationforPatternRecog- tionanditsTechnicalCommitteeTC1onStatisticalPatternRecognitionTe- niquesforsponsoringMCS2002. Wewishtoexpressourappreciationtoallthose whohelpedtoorganizeMCS2002. Firstofall,wewouldliketothankallthe membersoftheScienti cCommitteewhoseprofessionalismwasinstrumental increatingaveryinterestingtechnicalprogram. Specialthanksareduetothe membersoftheOrganizingCommittee,GiorgioFumera,GiorgioGiacinto,and GianLucaMarcialisfortheirindispensablecontributionstotheMCS2002web sitemanagement,localorganization,andproceedingspreparation. April2002 FabioRoliandJosefKittler WorkshopChairs F. Roli(Univ. ofCagliari,Italy) J. Kittler(Univ. ofSurrey,UnitedKingdom.

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Title
Multiple Classifier Systems
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Josef Kittler
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Jun 2002
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2002
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English
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