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Pattern Recognition by Probabilistic Neural Networks - Mixtures of Product Components versus Mixtures of Dependence Trees

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    SYSNO ASEP0434119
    Document TypeC - Proceedings Paper (int. conf.)
    R&D Document TypeConference Paper
    TitlePattern Recognition by Probabilistic Neural Networks - Mixtures of Product Components versus Mixtures of Dependence Trees
    Author(s) Grim, Jiří (UTIA-B) RID, ORCID
    Pudil, P. (CZ)
    Number of authors2
    Source TitleNCTA2014 - International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications. - Rome : SCITEPRESS, 2014 - ISBN 978-989-758-054-3
    Pagess. 65-75
    Number of pages11 s.
    Publication formPrint - P
    Action6-th International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications
    Event date22.10.2014-24.10.2014
    VEvent locationRome
    CountryIT - Italy
    Event typeWRD
    Languageeng - English
    CountryPT - Portugal
    KeywordsProbabilistic Neural Networks ; Product Mixtures ; Mixtures of Dependence Trees ; EM Algorithm
    Subject RIVIN - Informatics, Computer Science
    R&D ProjectsGA14-02652S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Institutional supportUTIA-B - RVO:67985556
    EID SCOPUS84908887413
    AnnotationWe compare two probabilistic approaches to neural networks - the first one based on the mixtures of product components and the second one using the mixtures of dependence-tree distributions. The product mixture models can be efficiently estimated from data by means of EM algorithm and have some practically important properties. However, in some cases the simplicity of product components could appear too restrictive and a natural idea is to use a more complex mixture of dependence-tree distributions. By considering the concept of dependence tree we can explicitly describe the statistical relationships between pairs of variables at the level of individual components and therefore the approximation power of the resulting mixture may essentially increase. Nonetheless, in application to classification of numerals we have found that both models perform comparably and the contribution of the dependence-tree structures decreases in the course of EM iterations. Thus the optimal estimate of the dependence-tree mixture tends to converge to a simple product mixture model.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Information Theory and Automation
    ContactMarkéta Votavová, votavova@utia.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 052 201.
    Year of Publishing2015
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