• DocumentCode
    927197
  • Title

    On divergence and probability of error in pattern recognition

  • Author

    Babu, C.Chitti

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, Irvine, Calif.
  • Volume
    61
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1973
  • fDate
    6/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    798
  • Lastpage
    799
  • Abstract
    An upperbound on the probability of error in classifying a pattern using Bayesian decision criterion is obtained in terms of its divergence and it is shown that the maximization of the divergence of the pattern minimizes this upperbound. Furthermore, a relationship between the divergence of a pattern and its nearest neighbor classification risk is presented.
  • Keywords
    Bayesian methods; Gaussian processes; Linear matrix inequalities; Marine vehicles; Monte Carlo methods; Nearest neighbor searches; Pattern recognition; Probability density function;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1973.9164
  • Filename
    1451094