Ensemble of HMM classifiers based on the clustering validity index for a handwritten numeral recognizer |
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Authors: | Albert Hung-Ren Ko Robert Sabourin Alceu de Souza Britto Jr. |
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Affiliation: | (1) LIVIA, école de Technologie Supérieure, University of Quebec, 1100 Notre-Dame West Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 1K3, Canada;(2) PPGIA, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Rua Imaculada Conceicao, 1155, Curitiba, PR 80215-901, Brazil |
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Abstract: | A new scheme for the optimization of codebook sizes for Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) and the generation of HMM ensembles is proposed in this paper. In a discrete HMM, the vector quantization procedure and the generated codebook are associated with performance degradation. By using a selected clustering validity index, we show that the optimization of HMM codebook size can be selected without training HMM classifiers. Moreover, the proposed scheme yields multiple optimized HMM classifiers, and each individual HMM is based on a different codebook size. By using these to construct an ensemble of HMM classifiers, this scheme can compensate for the degradation of a discrete HMM. |
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Keywords: | Hidden Markov Models Ensemble of classifiers Codebook size Clustering validity index Pattern recognition |
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