Lecture 1, ECE662: Decision Theory

Lecture notes for ECE662 Spring 2008, Prof. Boutin.

Other lectures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,

Lecture Notes: This was the first day of class. These notes are from the class lecture.

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Definition and Examples of Pattern Recognition

Main article: What is Pattern Recognition_Old Kiwi.

Pattern Recognition is the art of assigning classes or categories to data.

Decision Surfaces

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Decision surfaces are the boundaries in the feature space that distinguish classes.

Algebraic Geometry

Main Article: Decision Surfaces_Old Kiwi (This is not a typo)

Varieties

Main Article: Varieties_Old Kiwi

A Variety is a mathematical construct used to define a decision surface.