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Lecture Notes: This was the first day of class. These notes are from the class lecture.


Course webpage: http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~mboutin/ECE662/ECE662.html


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New Kiwi webpage: http://balthier.ecn.purdue.edu/index.php/Main_Page

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Kiwi Week: Monday at noon until Monday at noon.


Textbook Information: Main article: [Text Books]

There is not a single book that covers all the things that will be discussed in ECE 662. The class will reference four books during the course of the semester as we cover various topics. All four of them are available through the reserves at the engineering library.

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Definition and Examples of Pattern Recognition: Main article: [What is Pattern Recognition].

Pattern Recognition is the art of assigning classes or categories to data.


Decision Surfaces Main Article: [Decision Surfaces]

Decision surfaces are the boundaries in the feature space that distinguish classes.

Algebraic Geometry Main Article: [Decision Surfaces]

Varieties Main Article: [Varieties]

A Variety is a mathematical construct used to define a decision surface.

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Basic linear algebra uncovers and clarifies very important geometry and algebra.

Dr. Paul Garrett