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This book considers classical and current theory and practice, of supervised, unsupervised and semi-supervised pattern recognition, to build a complete background for professionals and students of engineering. The authors, leading experts in the field of pattern recognition, have provided an up-to-date, self-contained volume encapsulating this wide spectrum of information. The very latest methods are incorporated in this edition: semi-supervised learning, combining clustering algorithms, and relevance feedback.


  • Thoroughly developed to include many more worked examples to give greater understanding of the various methods and techniques
  • Many more diagrams included--now in two color--to provide greater insight through visual presentation
  • Matlab code of the most common methods are given at the end of each chapter
  • An accompanying book with Matlab code of the most common methods and algorithms in the book, together with a descriptive summary and solved examples, and including real-life data sets in imaging and audio recognition. The companion book is available separately or at a special packaged price (Book ISBN: 9780123744869. Package ISBN: 9780123744913)
  • Latest hot topics included to further the reference value of the text including non-linear dimensionality reduction techniques, relevance feedback, semi-supervised learning, spectral clustering, combining clustering algorithms
  • Solutions manual, powerpoint slides, and additional resources are available to faculty using the text for their course. Register at www.textbooks.elsevier.com and search on "Theodoridis" to access resources for instructor.

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Table of Contents

  1. Brief Table of Contents
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. Chapter 1. Introduction
  6. Chapter 2. Classifiers Based on Bayes Decision Theory
  7. Bibliography
  8. References
  9. Chapter 3. Linear Classifiers
  10. Bibliography
  11. References
  12. Chapter 4. Nonlinear Classifiers
  13. Bibliography
  14. References
  15. Chapter 5. Feature Selection
  16. Bibliography
  17. References
  18. Chapter 6. Feature Generation I: Data Transformation and Dimensionality Reduction
  19. Bibliography
  20. References
  21. Chapter 7. Feature Generation II
  22. Bibliography
  23. References
  24. Chapter 8. Template Matching
  25. Bibliography
  26. References
  27. Chapter 9. Context-Dependent Classification
  28. Bibliography
  29. References
  30. Chapter 10. Supervised Learning: The Epilogue
  31. Bibliography
  32. References
  33. Chapter 11. Clustering: Basic Concepts
  34. Bibliography
  35. References
  36. Chapter 12. Clustering Algorithms I: Sequential Algorithms
  37. Bibliography
  38. References
  39. Chapter 13. Clustering Algorithms II: Hierarchical Algorithms
  40. Bibliography
  41. References
  42. Chapter 14. Clustering Algorithms III: Schemes Based on Function Optimization
  43. Bibliography
  44. References
  45. Chapter 15. Clustering Algorithms IV
  46. Bibliography
  47. References
  48. Chapter 16. Cluster Validity
  49. Bibliography
  50. References
  51. Appendix A. Hints from Probability and Statistics
  52. Bibliography
  53. References
  54. Appendix B. Linear Algebra Basics
  55. Appendix C. Cost Function Optimization
  56. Bibliography
  57. References
  58. Appendix D. Basic Definitions from Linear Systems Theory