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Pattern Recognition
Edited by Peng-Yeng Yin
ISBN 978-953-307-014-8
Hard cover, 568 pages
Publisher InTech
Published online 01, October, 2009
Published in print edition October, 2009
For more than 40 years, pattern recognition approaches are continuingly improving and have been used in an
increasing number of areas with great success. This book discloses recent advances and new ideas in
approaches and applications for pattern recognition. The 30 chapters selected in this book cover the major
topics in pattern recognition. These chapters propose state-of-the-art approaches and cutting-edge research
results. I could not thank enough to the contributions of the authors. This book would not have been possible
without their support.
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014-8, InTech, Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/pattern-recognition/spam-recognition-usinglinear-regression-and-radial-basis-function-neural-network
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