Multiple classifier systems
Subtitle: 5th international workshop, MCS 2004, Cagliari, Italy, June 9-11, 2004 : proceedings
By: Fabio Roli, Josef Kittler, Terry Windeatt (eds.).
Contributors: Roli, Fabio, 1962-; Kittler, Josef, 1946-; Windeatt, Terry.
Series: Lecture notes in computer science,; 3077
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: Machine learning -- Congresses; Neural networks (Computer science) -- Congresses; Pattern perception -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: MCS 2004
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.