Joaquim P. Marques de Sa, Luis M.A. Silva, Jorge M.F. Santos, Luis A. Alexandre Minimum Error Entropy Classification

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This book explains the minimum error entropy (MEE) concept applied to data classification machines. Theoretical results on the inner workings of the MEE concept, in its application to solving a variety of classification problems, are presented in the wider realm of risk functionals.Researchers and practitioners also find in the book a detailed presentation of practical data classifiers using MEE. These include multilayer perceptrons, recurrent neural networks, complexvalued neural networks, modular neural networks, and decision trees. A clustering algorithm using a MEElike concept is also presented. Examples, tests, evaluation experiments and comparison with similar machines using classic approaches, complement the descriptions.