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loglc

LOGLC

Logistic Linear Classifier

    W = LOGLC(A)

Input
 A Dataset

Output
 W Logistic linear classifier

Description

Computation of the linear classifier for the dataset A by maximizing the  likelihood criterion using the logistic (sigmoid) function.  This routine becomes very slow for feature sizes above 1000.

Reference(s)

A. Webb, Statistical Pattern Recognition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2002. J. A. Anderson, Logistic discrimination, in: P. R. Krishnaiah and L. N. Kanal (eds.), Handbook of Statistics 2: Classification, Pattern Recognition and Reduction of Dimensionality, North Holland, Amsterdam, 1982, 169--191.

See also

mappings, datasets, ldc, fisherc,

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