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An improved maximum scatter difference (MSD) algorithm based on weighted scheme is proposed in this paper. The existing MSD model and its improved method only highlight the role which within-class scatter matrix plays while they pay little attention to the action of between-class scatter matrix. Another weakness of the existing MSD model is that it is difficult to select an appropriate weight for within-class scatter matrix because the range of weight is usually too large. In order to make MSD more suitable for classification, different weights are assigned to both between-class and within-class scatter matrices, respectively. This scheme is more convenient for operation than original MSD because it confines the range of parameters to a small range. Finally, the results of experiments conducted on AR and FERET face database indicate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.