Pattern Recognition with Fuzzy Objective Function Algorithms - Bezdek, James C.

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Sommaire:
1. Models for Pattern Recognition.- S1 Pattern Recognition.- S2 Some Notes on Mathematical Models.- S3 Uncertainty.- 2. Partitions and Relations.- S4 The Algebra of Fuzzy Sets.- S5 Fuzzy Partition Spaces.- S6 Properties of Fuzzy Partition Spaces.- S7 Fuzzy Relations.- 3. Objective Function Clustering.- S8 Cluster Analysis: An Overview.- S9 Density Functionals.- S10 Likelihood Functionals: Congenital Heart Disease.- S11 Least-Squares Functionals: Fuzzy c-Means.- S12 Descent and Convergence of Fuzzy c-Means.- S13 Feature Selection for Binary Data: Important Medical Symptoms.- 4. Cluster Validity.- S14 Cluster Validity: An Overview.- S15 The Partition Coefficient: Numerical Taxonomy.- S16 Classification Entropy.- S17 The Proportion Exponent: Numerical Taxonomy Revisited.- S18 Normalization and Standardization of Validity Functionals.- S19 The Separation Coefficient: Star-Tracker Systems.- S20 Separation Indices and Fuzzy c-Means.- 5. Modified Objective Function Algorithms.- S21 Affinity Decomposition: An Induced Fuzzy Partitioning Approach.- S22 Shape Descriptions with Fuzzy Covariance Matrices.- S23 The Fuzzy c-Varieties Clustering Algorithms.- S24 Convex Combinations: Fuzzy c-Elliptotypes.- 6. Selected Applications in Classifier Design.- S25 An Overview of Classifier Design: Bayesian Classifiers.- S26 A Heuristic Approach to Parametric Estimation: Bayesian Classifiers for Mixed Normal Distributions.- S27 Nearest Prototype Classifiers: Diagnosis of Stomach Disease.- S28 Fuzzy Classification with Nearest Memberships.- References.- Algorithm Index.- Author Index.