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CS/B.TECH(CSE)/SEM-8/CS-801F/2012
2012
PATTERN RECOGNITION
Time Allotted : 3 Hours Full Marks : 70
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as
far as practicable.
GROUP – A
( Objective Type Questions )
1. Answer all questions in brief : 10 × 1 = 10
i) Define Pattern Recognition.
ii) What is meant by an N-dimensional pattern space Ωx ?
iii) What are likelihood functions ?
iv) What is clustering ?
v) What is feature vector ?
vi) What do you mean by feature extractor ?
vii) What is feature selection ?
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viii) What are the three learning paradigms in pattern
recognition ?
ix) What are the approaches to pattern recognition ?
x) What do you mean by linear discriminate function ?
GROUP – B
( Short Answer Type Questions )
Answer any three of the following. 3 × 5 = 15
2. Explain Linear Discriminate Analysis ( LDA ).
3. Why is it necessary to establish some rules in the PR
problem ? What is the way of representing rules ? 3+2
4. Characterize the decision function when each class is
characterized by several prototypes.
5. What are the different measures of similarity of the
assignment of patterns for the domain of a particular cluster
centre ?
6. Explain maximum distance algorithm.
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GROUP – C
( Long Answer Type Questions )
Answer any three of the following. 3 × 15 = 45
7. a) Describe the basic steps involved in the design of
pattern recognition system.
b) What is the maximum likelihood ( ML ) estimation ?
Show that if the likelihood function is univariate
Gaussian with unknowns the mean µ as well as
variance σ 2 , then ML estimates are given by
N
1 1
µ=
N ∑ X k and σ 2 = X –µ) 2 ,
N ( k
k = 1
where Xk is the kth pattern and N is the total number
of training patterns.
c) Compare parametric and non-parametric techniques.
6+5+4
8. a) What is Bayesian classifier ? Prove that it is an optimal
classifier.
b) In a two class problem with single feature X the
1
pdfs are Gaussian with variance σ 2 = for
2
both classes and mean value 0 and I respectively.
1
If P ( ω 1 ) = P ( ω 2 ) = , compute the threshold value
2
X0 for minimum error probability. 4+5+6
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9. a) Define performance index in cluster-seeking problem. 3
b) Describe the isodata algorithm to categorize points in
different clusters. 12
10. a) What is the form and property of decision functions
when the classes are pair-wise separable ? 5
b) Explain the classification in XOR problem using Linear
Discriminant Analysis ( LDA ). 10
11. a) Describe the decision-making process in Pattern
Recognition which may be treated as a statistical game
played by the classifier against nature. 9
b) What is the use of causal network ? Explain with an
example. 6
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