Decentralized Detection and Classification Using Kernel Methods

Abstract

We consider the problem of decentralized detection under constraints on the number of bits that can be transmitted by each sensor. In contrast to most previous work, in which the joint We consider the problem of decentralized detection under constraints on the number of bits that can be transmitted by each sensor. In contrast to most previous work, in which the joint distribution of sensor observations is assumed to be known, we address the problem when only a set of empirical samples is available. We propose a novel algorithm using the framework of empirical risk minimization and marginalized kernels, and analyze its computational and statistical properties both theoretically and empirically. We provide an efficient implementation of the algorithm, and demonstrate its performance on both simulated and real data sets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2004
Accession Number
ADA447078

Entities

People

  • Martin J. Wainwright
  • Michael I. Jordan
  • Xuanlong Nguyen

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Classification
  • Computer Science
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Hilbert Space
  • Kernel Functions
  • Machine Learning
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Sensor Networks
  • Supervised Machine Learning
  • Training
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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