Download or read book Pattern Recognition and Image Preprocessing written by Sing T. Bow and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-01-11 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing non-parametric and parametric theoretic classification and the training of discriminant functions, this second edition includes new and expanded sections on neural networks, Fisher's discriminant, wavelet transform, and the method of principal components. It contains discussions on dimensionality reduction and feature selection; novel computer system architectures; proven algorithms for solutions to common roadblocks in data processing; computing models including the Hamming net, the Kohonen self-organizing map, and the Hopfield net; detailed appendices with data sets illustrating key concepts in the text; and more.