Minimum Error Entropy Classification [electronic resource] / by Joaquim P. Marques de Sá, Luís M.A. Silva, Jorge M.F. Santos, Luís A. Alexandre.

Introduction -- Continuous Risk Functionals -- MEE with Continuous Errors -- MEE with Discrete Errors -- EE-Inspired Risks -- Applications.

This book explains the minimum error entropy (MEE) concept applied to data classification machines. Theoretical results on the inner workings of the MEE concept, in its application to solving a variety of classification problems, are presented in the wider realm of risk functionals. Researchers and practitioners also find in the book a detailed presentation of practical data classifiers using MEE. These include multi‐layer perceptrons, recurrent neural networks, complexvalued neural networks, modular neural networks, and decision trees. A clustering algorithm using a MEE‐like concept is also presented. Examples, tests, evaluation experiments and comparison with similar machines using classic approaches, complement the descriptions.