Michal Haindl Josef Kittler Fabio Roli (Eds.)
Multiple Classifier Systems 7th International Workshop, MCS 2007 Prague, Czech Republic, May 23-25, 2007 Proceedings
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Kernel-Based Fusion Combining Pattern Recognition Modalities at the Sensor Level Via Kernel Fusion Vadim Mottl, Alexander Tatarchuk, Valentina Sulimova, Olga Krasotkina, and Oleg Seredin The Neutral Point Method for Kernel-Based Combination of Disjoint Training Data in Multi-modal Pattern Recognition David Windridge, Vadim Mottl, Alexander Tatarchuk, and Andrey Eliseyev
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Kernel Combination Versus Classifier Combination Wan-Jui Lee, Sergey Verzakov, and Robert P. W. Duin
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Deriving the Kernel from Training Data Stefano Merler, Giuseppe Jurman, and Cesare Furlanello
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Applications On the Application of SVM-Ensembles Based on Adapted Random Subspace Sampling for Automatic Classification of NMR Data Kai Lienemann, Thomas Plötz, and Gernot A. Fink
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A New HMM-Based Ensemble Generation Method for Numeral Recognition Albert Hung-Ren Ko, Robert Sabourin, and Alceu de Souza Britto Jr.
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Classifiers Fusion in Recognition of Wheat Varieties Sarunas Raudys, Omer Kaan Baykan, Ahmet Babalik, Vitalij Denisov, and Antanas Andrius Bielskis Multiple Classifier Methods for Offline Handwritten Text Line Recognition Roman Bertolami and Horst Bunke Applying Data Fusion Methods to Passage Retrieval in QAS Hans Ulrich Christensen and Daniel Ortiz-Arroyo A Co-training Approach for Time Series Prediction with Missing Data Tawfik A. Mohamed, Neamat El Gayar, and Amir F. Atiya An Improved Random Subspace Method and Its Application to EEG Signal Classification Shiliang Sun
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Ensemble Learning Methods for Classifying EEG Signals Shiliang Sun
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Confidence Based Gating of Colour Features for Face Authentication . . . Mohammad T. Sadeghi, Samaneh Khoshrou, and Josef Kittler
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View-Based Eigenspaces with Mixture of Experts for View-Independent Face Recognition Reza Ebrahimpour, Ehsanollah Kabir, and Mohammad Reza Yousefi Fusion of Support Vector Classifiers for Parallel Gabor Methods Applied to Face Verification Angel Serrano, Isaac Martin de Diego, Cristina Conde, Enrique Cabello, Li Bai, and Liniin Shen Serial Fusion of Fingerprint and Face Matchers Gian Luca Marcialis and Fabio Roli
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Boosting Boosting Lite - Handling Larger Datasets and Slower Base Classifiers Lawrence 0. Hall, Robert E. Banfield, Kevin W. Bowyer, and W. Philip Kegelmeyer Information Theoretic Combination of Classifiers with Application to AdaBoost Julien Meynet and Jean-Philippe Thiran Interactive Boosting for Image Classification Yijuan Lu, Qi Tian, and Thomas S. Huang
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Cluster and Graph Ensembles Group-Induced Vector Spaces Manuele Bicego, Elzbieta Pekalska, and Robert P. W. Duin
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Selecting Diversifying Heuristics for Cluster Ensembles Stefan T. Hadjitodorov and Ludmila I. Kuncheva
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Unsupervised Texture Segmentation Using Multiple Segmenters Strategy Michal Haindl and Stanislav Mikes
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Classifier Ensembles for Vector Space Embedding of Graphs Kaspar Riesen and Horst Bunke
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Cascading for Nominal Data Jesus Maudes, Juan J. Rodriguez, and Cesar Garcia-Osorio
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Feature Subspace Ensembles A Combination of Sample Subsets and Feature Subsets in One-Against-Other Classifiers Mineichi Kudo, Satoshi Shirai, and Hiroshi Tenmoto
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Random Feature Subset Selection for Ensemble Based Classification of Data with Missing Features Joseph DePasquale and Robi Polikar
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Feature Subspace Ensembles: A Parallel Classifier Combination Scheine Using Feature Selection Hugo Silva and Ana Fred
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Stopping Criteria for Ensemble-Based Feature Selection Terry Windeatt and Matthew Prior
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Multiple Classifier System Theory On Rejecting Unreliably Classified Patterns Pasquale Foggia, Gennaro Percannella, Carlo Sansone, and Mario Vento
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Bayesian Analysis of Linear Combiners Battista Biggio, Giorgio Fumera, and Fabio Roli
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Applying Pairwise Fusion Matrix on Fusion Functions for Classifier Combination Albert Hung-Ren Ko, Robert Sabourin, and Alceu de Souza Britto Jr.
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Modelling Multiple-Classifier Relationships Using Bayesian Belief Networks Samuel Chindaro, Konstantinos Sirlantzis, and Michael Fairhurst
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Classifier Combining Rules Under Independence Assumptions Shoushan Li and Chengqing Zong
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Embedding Reject Option in ECOC Through LDPC Codes Claudio Marrocco, Paolo Simeone, and Francesco Tortorella
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Intramodal and Multimodal Fusion of Biometrie Experts On Combination of Face Authentication Experts by a Mixture of Quality Dependent Fusion Classifiers Norman Poh, Guillaume Heusch, and Josef Kittler
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Index Driven Combination of Multiple Biometrie Experts for AUC Maximisation Roberto Tronci, Giorgio Giacinto, and Fabio Roli
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Q — stack: Uni- and Multimodal Classifier Stacking with Quality Measures Krzysztof Kryszczuk and Andrzej Drygajlo
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Reliability-Based Voting Scheines Using Modality-Independent Features in Multi-classifier Biometrie Authentication Jonas Richiardi and Andrzej Drygajlo
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Optimal Classifier Combination Rules for Verification and Identification Systems Sergey Tulyakov, Venu Govindaraju, and Chaohong Wu
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Majority Voting Exploiting Diversity in Ensembles: Improving the Performance on Unbalanced Datasets Nitesh V. Chawla and Jared Sylvester
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On the Diversity-Performance Relationship for Majority Voting in Classifier Ensembles Yun-Sheng Chung, D. Frank Hsu, and Chuan Yi Tang
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Hierarchical Behavior Knowledge Space Hubert Cecotti and Abdel Belai'd
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Ensemble Learning A New Dynamic Ensemble Selection Method for Numeral Recognition Albert Hung-Ren Ko, Robert Sabourin, and Alceu de Souza Britto Jr.
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Ensemble Learning in Linearly Combined Classifiers Via Negative Correlation Manuela Zanda, Gavin Brown, Giorgio Fumera, and Fabio Roli
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Naive Bayes Ensembles with a Random Oracle Juan J. Rodriguez and Ludmila I. Kuncheva
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An Experimental Study on Rotation Forest Ensembles Ludmila I. Kuncheva and Juan J. Rodriguez
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Cooperative Coevolutionary Ensemble Learning Daniel Kanevskiy and Konstantin Vorontsov
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Robust Inference in Bayesian Networks with Application to Gene Expression Temporal Data Omer Berkman and Nathan Intrator
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An Ensemble Approach for Incremental Learning in Nonstationary Environments Michael D. Muhlbaier and Robi Polikar
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Invited Papers Multiple Classifier Systems in Remote Sensing: From Basics to Recent Developments Jon Atli Benediktsson, Jocelyn Chanussot, and Mathieu Fauvel
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Biometrie Person Authentication Is a Multiple Classifier Problem Samy Bengio and Johnny Mariethoz
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