IF Special Issue on Fusion of Multiple Classifiers

[Fabio Roli]

Call for papers for a special issue on Fusion of Multiple Classifiers
Information Fusion
An International Journal on Multi-Sensor, Multi-Source Information 
=46usion An Elsevier Science Publication

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Belur V. Dasarathy
belur.d at dynetics.com; ifjournal at yahoo.com

The Information Fusion Journal has planned for publication, in the 
latter half of 2002, a special issue devoted to the fusion of 
multiple classifiers. Classifier fusion has recently become an 
important tool for enhancing the performance of pattern recognition 
systems. A myriad of techniques have been developed for combining 
classifiers at the decision or soft decision output level. These 
techniques have been conceived by researchers in many diverse 
communities including Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Neural 
Networks, Statistics, and Artificial Intelligence. The aim of this 
special issue is to provide a focal point for recent advances in this 
methodological area of pat-tern recognition across different 
paradigms and disciplines. 
Submitted papers should report new theories underpinning classifier 
combination, novel methodologies, applications where classifier 
fusion significantly enhanced the recognition system performance, or 
extensive comparative studies of different combination rules.

Topics appropriate for this special issue include, but are not limited to:
=85 Decision level fusion
=85 Strategies for multiple classifier fusion
=85 Bagging and boosting
=85 Neural network ensembles
=85 Multiple classifier design
=85 Fusion of one-class classifiers
=85 Fusion of measurement and contextual information
=85 Innovative applications

Prospective authors should follow the regular paper preparation 
guide-lines of the Journal. Submission can be done electronically in 
=2Epdf or .ps format, along with four hard copies sent to one of the 
Guest Editors listed below:

Guest Editors

Prof. Josef Kittler
Center for Vision, Speech and Signal Proc.
Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH, UK	      
e-mail j.kittler at eim.surrey.ac.uk

Prof. Fabio Roli
Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Eng. 
	                         
Univ. of Cagliari, 09123, Cagliari, Italy
email roli at diee.unica.it


Deadline for Submission: November 15, 2001
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Associate Professor of Computer Science
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Dept. - University of Cagliari
Piazza d'Armi 09123 Cagliari Italy
Phone +39 070 675 5874 Fax +39 070 6755900  e-mail roli at diee.unica.it
Web Page at http://www.diee.unica.it/~roli/info.html