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Utilizing independence of multimodal biometric matchers

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Abstract

The problem of combining biometric matchers for person verification can be viewed as a pattern classification problem, and any trainable pattern classification algorithm can be used for score combination. But biometric matchers of different modalities possess a property of the statistical independence of their output scores. In this work we investigate if utilizing this independence knowledge results in the improvement of the combination algorithm. We show both theoretically and experimentally that utilizing independence provides better approximation of score density functions, and results in combination improvement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMultimedia Content Representation, Classification and Security - International Workshop, MRCS 2006. Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages34-41
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)3540393927, 9783540393924
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
EventInternational Workshop on Multimedia Content Representation, Classification and Security, MRCS 2006 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: Sep 11 2006Sep 13 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4105 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceInternational Workshop on Multimedia Content Representation, Classification and Security, MRCS 2006
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period09/11/0609/13/06

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