Kernel Weighted Scatter-Difference-Based Discriminant Analysis for Face Recognition

  • Authors:
  • Khalid Chougdali;Mohamed Jedra;Noureddine Zahid

  • Affiliations:
  • Faculty of Sciences Agdal, Laboratory of conception and systems, Rabat, Morocco B.P 1014;Faculty of Sciences Agdal, Laboratory of conception and systems, Rabat, Morocco B.P 1014;Faculty of Sciences Agdal, Laboratory of conception and systems, Rabat, Morocco B.P 1014

  • Venue:
  • ICIAR '08 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Image Analysis and Recognition
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This paper presents a kernel weighted scatter difference discriminant analysis (KWSDA) method for face recognition. This non-linear dimensionality reduction algorithm has several interesting characteristics. First, using a new optimization criterion it avoids small sample size problem intuitively. Second, by incorporating a weighting function into discriminant criterion, it overcomes overemphasis on well-separated classes and hence can work under more realistic situations. Lastly, applying kernel theory, it handles nonlinearity efficiently. Experiments on the ORL face database show that the proposed method is effective and feasible.