Product Description

This completely revised second edition presents an introduction to statistical pattern recognition. Pattern recognition in general covers a wide range of problems: it is applied to engineering problems, such as character readers and wave form analysis as well as to brain modeling in biology and psychology. Statistical decision and estimation, which are the main subjects of this book, are regarded as fundamental to the study of pattern recognition. This book is appropriate as a text for introductory courses in pattern recognition and as a reference book for workers in the field. Each chapter contains computer projects as well as exercises.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #304700 in Books
• Published on: 1990-09-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 592 pages

Customer Reviews

pattern recognition in engineering
Fukunaga is a standard source for pattern recognition methods often cited in the engineering literature. Covers parametric (particularly linear and quadratic discriminant algorithms) and nonparametric methods (density estimation). It is designed for and popular with engineers. When I was working at Nichols Research Corporation Fukunaga's papers and this book (earlier edition) were often cited as sources to justify the algorithms we used for discrimination problems. In fact Fukunaga had been a consultant to the company (used primarily by the Boston branch of the company where the KENN algorithms were developed). It is a reputable source. I still like Duda and Hart (1973) for good explanations of the fundamental concepts. The second edition that was recent ly published with Stark as a third author is also highly recommended. For statisticians McLachlan's book is now far and away the best source.

A best book on Statistical Pattern Recognition
Multivariate analysis is borrowed to name a NEW subject, Statistical Pattern Recognition (SPR). Many statisticians think it unfair or a shame. In spite of these, it is a good reference book of SPR. :-)

[1] Many contents of this book can be found in any graduate textbook of Multivariate Analysis, for instance, Fisher's linear disciminant, etc.
[2] The book is badly printed. Why not using LaTeX?
[3] Guassian distribution is assumed here and there.
[4] It may be good as a reference book, but definitely not as a textbook.

Standard reference and a classic text but with flaws
I do not like to consult this book for the following, quite superficial reason. The book is sloppily produced and proofread
(and the fault is [probably] mainly the publisher's instead of the author's). This manifests itself, e.g., as follows

(1) the typography is flawed (the equations hurt at least my eyes);
(2) at its each appearance, the all-important >< -sign goes the wrong way.