On the optimal number of features in the classification of multivariate Gaussian data

DOI10.1016/0031-3203(78)90008-0zbMath0404.62031OpenAlexW2077930846MaRDI QIDQ1256820

W. G. Waller, Anil K. Jain

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Pattern Recognition (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-3203(78)90008-0

zbMATH Keywords

Discriminant AnalysisCovariance MatricesMahalanobis Distance W StatisticMultivariate Gaussian DensitiesOptimum Number of FeaturesPattern ClassificationPeaking PhenomenonProbability of Misclassification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30)

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