Theoretic evidence k-Nearest neighbourhood classifiers in a bimodal biometrie verification system

Andrew Teoh Beng Jin, Salina Abdul Samad, Aini Hussain

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Abstract

A bimodal biometric verification system based on facial and vocal biometric modules is described in this paper. The system under consideration is built in parallel where each matching score reported by two classifiers are fused by using theoretic evidence k-NN (tekNN) based on Dempster-Safer (D-S) theory. In this technique, each nearest neighbour of a pattern to be classified is regarded as an item of evidence supporting certain hypotheses concerning the pattern class membership. Unlike statistical based fusion approaches, tekNN based on D-S theory is able to represent uncertainties and lack of knowledge. Therefore, the usage of tekNN leads to a ternary decision scheme, {accept, reject, inconclusive} which provides a more secure protection. From experimental results, the speech and facial biometric modules perform equally well, giving 93.5% and 94.0% verification rates, respectively. A 99.86% recognition rate is obtained when the two modules are fused. In addition, an 'unbalanced' case is been created to investigate the robustness of technique.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsJosef Kittler, Mark S. Nixon
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages778-786
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9783540403029
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2688
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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