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Note that many different choices of  <math>g_i(x)</math> will yield the same decision rule, because we are interested in the order of values of <math>g_i(x)</math> for each x, and not their exact values.
 
Note that many different choices of  <math>g_i(x)</math> will yield the same decision rule, because we are interested in the order of values of <math>g_i(x)</math> for each x, and not their exact values.
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<math>g_i(x)</math> -> 2(<math>g_i(x)</math>) or <math>g_i(x)</math> -> ln(<math>g_i(x)</math>)

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LECTURE THEME : - Discriminant Functions

Discriminant Functions: one way of representing classifiers

Given the classes $ \omega_1, \cdots, \omega_k $

The discriminant functions $ g_1(x),\ldots, g_K(x) $ such that $ g_i(x) $ n-dim S space $ \rightarrow \Re $

which are used to make decisions as follows:

decide $ \omega_i $ if $ g_i(x) \ge g_j(x), \forall j $

Note that many different choices of $ g_i(x) $ will yield the same decision rule, because we are interested in the order of values of $ g_i(x) $ for each x, and not their exact values.

For example: $ g_i(x) $ -> 2($ g_i(x) $) or $ g_i(x) $ -> ln($ g_i(x) $)

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