• DocumentCode
    914237
  • Title

    A modified figure of merit for feature selection in pattern recognition (Corresp.)

  • Author

    Paul, J.

  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1970
  • fDate
    7/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    504
  • Lastpage
    507
  • Abstract
    A modification of the conventional mutual-information figure of merit for feature selection in pattern recognition is described. A weighting function is combined with the mutual-information function that results in greater recognition accuracy for a linear classifier.
  • Keywords
    Feature extraction; Particle measurements; Pattern recognition; Random variables; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1970.1054495
  • Filename
    1054495