CFP

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

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Belur V. Dasarathy
belur.d@dynetics.com; ifjournal@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
per-formance of pattern recognition systems. A
myriad of techniques have been de-veloped 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 combina-tion, 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:
� Decision level fusion
� Strategies for multiple classifier fusion
� Bagging and boosting
� Neural network ensembles
� Multiple classifier design
� Fusion of one-class classifiers
� Fusion of measurement and contextual information
� Innovative applications

Prospective authors should follow the regular
paper preparation guide-lines of the Journal.
Submission can be done electronically in .pdf or
.ps for-mat, along with four hard copies sent to
one of the Guest Editors listed below, along with
electronic cc to the editor-in-chief
(ifjournal@yahoo.com and belur.d@dynetics.com).

Guest Editors:

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

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

Deadline for Submission: November 15, 2001

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