AN ADAPTIVE MULTICATEGORY PATTERN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.

Abstract

An adaptive, multicategory, pattern classification system for classifying statistical patterns is formulated. The system finds application in those instances when the probability densities and a priori probabilities of occurrence of the classes are unknown. The convergence rate and other special properties of the system are examined, including the special case where the expected loss due to misclassification by the system tends to the minimum expected loss which results when using the Bayes discriminant functions. In addition, a simulation of the system for a three-category problem using quadratic discriminant functions is presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 22, 1968
Accession Number
AD0666898

Entities

People

  • B. F. Womack
  • James Michael Pitt

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Convergence
  • Probability
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.