Andrew R. Webb, Keith D. Copsey

Statistical Pattern Recognition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an introduction to statistical pattern theory and techniques, with material drawn from a wide range of fields, including the areas of engineering, statistics, computer science and the social sciences. It provides a valuable link between the application areas - such as database design, artificial neural networks, and decision support - and the more diverse theoretical topics available to the practitioner or researcher. Each section concludes with a description of the wide range of practical applications that have been addressed and the further developments of theoretical techniques.

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Statistical pattern recognition relates to the use of statistical techniques for analysing data measurements in order to extract information and make justified decisions. It is a very active area of study and research, which has seen many advances in recent years. Applications such as data mining, web searching, multimedia data retrieval, face recognition, and cursive handwriting recognition, all require robust and efficient pattern recognition techniques.

This third edition provides an introduction to statistical pattern theory and techniques, with material drawn from a wide range of fields, including the areas of engineering, statistics, computer science and the social sciences. The book has been updated to cover new methods and applications, and includes a wide range of techniques such as Bayesian methods, neural networks, support vector machines, feature selection and feature reduction techniques.Technical descriptions and motivations are provided, and the techniques are illustrated using real examples.

Statistical Pattern Recognition, 3rd Edition:
Provides a self-contained introduction to statistical pattern recognition.
Includes new material presenting the analysis of complex networks.
Introduces readers to methods for Bayesian density estimation.
Presents descriptions of new applications in biometrics, security, finance and condition monitoring.
Provides descriptions and guidance for implementing techniques, which will be invaluable to software engineers and developers seeking to develop real applications
Describes mathematically the range of statistical pattern recognition techniques.
Presents a variety of exercises including more extensive computer projects.

The in-depth technical descriptions make the book suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate students in statistics, computer science and engineering. Statistical Pattern Recognition is also an excellent reference source for technical professionals. Chapters have been arranged to facilitate implementation of the techniques by software engineers and developers in non-statistical engineering fields.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14568227000
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 177mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1255g
• ISBN-13: 9780470682272
• ISBN-10: 0470682272
• Artikelnr.: 32568373

Autorenporträt

Dr Andrew Robert Webb, Senior Researcher, QinetiQ Ltd, Malvern, UK. Dr Keith Derek Copsey, Senior Researcher, QinetiQ Ltd, Malvern, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xix Notation xxiii 1 Introduction to Statistical Pattern
Recognition 1 1.1 Statistical Pattern Recognition 1 1.2 Stages in a Pattern
Recognition Problem 4 1.3 Issues 6 1.4 Approaches to Statistical Pattern
Recognition 7 1.5 Elementary Decision Theory 8 1.6 Discriminant Functions
20 1.7 Multiple Regression 27 1.8 Outline of Book 29 1.9 Notes and
References 29 Exercises 31 2 Density Estimation - Parametric 33 2.1
Introduction 33 2.2 Estimating the Parameters of the Distributions 34 2.3
The Gaussian Classifier 35 2.4 Dealing with Singularities in the Gaussian
Classifier 40 2.5 Finite Mixture Models 46 2.6 Application Studies 63 2.7
Summary and Discussion 66 2.8 Recommendations 66 2.9 Notes and References
67 Exercises 67 3 Density Estimation - Bayesian 70 3.1 Introduction 70 3.2
Analytic Solutions 73 3.3 Bayesian Sampling Schemes 87 3.4 Markov Chain
Monte Carlo Methods 95 3.5 Bayesian Approaches to Discrimination 116 3.6
Sequential Monte Carlo Samplers 119 3.7 Variational Bayes 126 3.8
Approximate Bayesian Computation 137 3.9 Example Application Study 144 3.10
Application Studies 145 3.11 Summary and Discussion 146 3.12
Recommendations 147 3.13 Notes and References 147 Exercises 148 4 Density
Estimation - Nonparametric 150 4.1 Introduction 150 4.2 k-Nearest-Neighbour
Method 152 4.3 Histogram Method 180 4.4 Kernel Methods 194 4.5 Expansion by
Basis Functions 204 4.6 Copulas 207 4.7 Application Studies 213 4.8 Summary
and Discussion 216 4.9 Recommendations 217 4.10 Notes and References 217
Exercises 218 5 Linear Discriminant Analysis 221 5.1 Introduction 221 5.2
Two-Class Algorithms 222 5.3 Multiclass Algorithms 236 5.4 Support Vector
Machines 249 5.5 Logistic Discrimination 263 5.6 Application Studies 268
5.7 Summary and Discussion 268 5.8 Recommendations 269 5.9 Notes and
References 270 Exercises 270 6 Nonlinear Discriminant Analysis - Kernel and
Projection Methods 274 6.1 Introduction 274 6.2 Radial Basis Functions 276
6.3 Nonlinear Support Vector Machines 291 6.4 The Multilayer Perceptron 298
6.5 Application Studies 314 6.6 Summary and Discussion 316 6.7
Recommendations 317 6.8 Notes and References 318 Exercises 318 7 Rule and
Decision Tree Induction 322 7.1 Introduction 322 7.2 Decision Trees 323 7.3
Rule Induction 342 7.4 Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines 351 7.5
Application Studies 356 7.6 Summary and Discussion 358 7.7 Recommendations
358 7.8 Notes and References 359 Exercises 359 8 Ensemble Methods 361 8.1
Introduction 361 8.2 Characterising a Classifier Combination Scheme 362 8.3
Data Fusion 370 8.4 Classifier Combination Methods 376 8.5 Application
Studies 399 8.6 Summary and Discussion 400 8.7 Recommendations 401 8.8
Notes and References 401 Exercises 402 9 Performance Assessment 404 9.1
Introduction 404 9.2 Performance Assessment 405 9.3 Comparing Classifier
Performance 424 9.4 Application Studies 429 9.5 Summary and Discussion 430
9.6 Recommendations 430 9.7 Notes and References 430 Exercises 431 10
Feature Selection and Extraction 433 10.1 Introduction 433 10.2 Feature
Selection 435 10.3 Linear Feature Extraction 463 10.4 Multidimensional
Scaling 484 10.5 Application Studies 493 10.6 Summary and Discussion 495
10.7 Recommendations 495 10.8 Notes and References 496 Exercises 497 11
Clustering 501 11.1 Introduction 501 11.2 Hierarchical Methods 502 11.3
Quick Partitions 510 11.4 Mixture Models 511 11.5 Sum-of-Squares Methods
513 11.6 Spectral Clustering 531 11.7 Cluster Validity 538 11.8 Application
Studies 546 11.9 Summary and Discussion 549 11.10 Recommendations 551 11.11
Notes and References 552 Exercises 553 12 Complex Networks 555 12.1
Introduction 555 12.2 Mathematics of Networks 561 12.3 Community Detection
565 12.4 Link Prediction 575 12.5 Application Studies 579 12.6 Summary and
Discussion 579 12.7 Recommendations 580 12.8 Notes and References 580
Exercises 580 13 Additional Topics 581 13.1 Model Selection 581 13.2
Missing Data 585 13.3 Outlier Detection and Robust Procedures 586 13.4
Mixed Continuous and Discrete Variables 587 13.5 Structural Risk
Minimisation and the Vapnik-Chervonenkis Dimension 588 References 591 Index
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