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Classifier Combination has been investigated as an alternative to obtain improvements in design and/or accuracy for difficult pattern recognition problems. In the literature, many combination methods and algorithms have been developed, including methods based on computational Intelligence, such as: fuzzy sets, neural networks and fuzzy neural networks. This paper presents an evaluation of how different levels of diversity reached by the choice of the components can affect the accuracy of some combination methods. The aim of this analysis is to investigate whether or not fuzzy, neural and fuzzy-neural combination methods are affected by the choice of the ensemble members.
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Canuto, A.M.P., Abreu, M.C.C. (2007). Using Fuzzy, Neural and Fuzzy-Neural Combination Methods in Ensembles with Different Levels of Diversity. In: de Sá, J.M., Alexandre, L.A., Duch, W., Mandic, D. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks – ICANN 2007. ICANN 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4668. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74690-4_36
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