An Overview and Comparison of Voting Methods for Pattern Recognition

  • Authors:
  • Merijn van Erp;Louis Vuurpijl;Lambert Schomaker

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IWFHR '02 Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR'02)
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

In pattern recognition, there is a growing use of multiple classifier combinations with the goal to increase recognition performance. In many cases, plurality voting is a part of the combination process. In this article, we discuss and test several well known voting methods from politicsand economics on classifier combination in order to see if an alternative to the simple plurality vote exists. We found that, assuming a number of prerequisites, better methods are available, that are comparatively simple and fast.