11. Discrimination, Classification and Pattern Recognition

  1. Brian S. Everitt and
  2. Graham Dunn
  1. Brian S. Everitt1 and
  2. Graham Dunn2

Published Online: 13 DEC 2013

DOI: 10.1002/9781118887486.ch11

Applied Multivariate Data Analysis, Second Edition

Applied Multivariate Data Analysis, Second Edition

How to Cite

Everitt, B. S. and Dunn, G. (2001) Discrimination, Classification and Pattern Recognition, in Applied Multivariate Data Analysis, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,., West Sussex, United Kingdom. doi: 10.1002/9781118887486.ch11

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK

  2. 2

    School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 13 DEC 2013
  2. Published Print: 2 MAR 2001

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470711170

Online ISBN: 9781118887486

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Keywords:

  • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF);
  • Fisher's linear discriminant function;
  • Lactic dehydrogenase isoenzyme-3 (LDH3);
  • Lactic dehydrogenase isoenzyme-5 (LDH5);
  • Logistics discrimination;
  • Pattern recognition and neural networks;
  • Quadratic discriminant function

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • A Simple Example

  • Some Examples of Allocation Rules

  • Fisher's Linear Discriminant Function

  • Assessing the Performance of a Discriminant Function

  • Quadratic Discriminant Functions

  • More than Two Groups

  • Logistic Discrimination

  • Selecting Variables

  • Other Methods for Deriving Classification Rules

  • Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks

  • Summary

  • Exercises