This page provides an overview of the number of hours of lecture content that typically devoted to different topics, based on a survey of wide range of courses related to various aspects of statistical pattern recognition, taken from a broad spectrum of universities around the world. The table below allows the distribution of course hours to be viewed for both high-level topics and their specific subtopics. In each case, a pie chart illustrating the proportion of courses covering a given topic can be viewed, together with a histogram showing the range of hours spent on that topic, which is followed by a list of links to specific courses covering the topic.
| Topics Covered (Click on the book icon to view subtopics) | Hours Covered on Average (Click on the + symbol for detailed breakdown) |
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![]() Feature Selection/Extraction | ![]() 2.6 Hours. |
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| 4.6 hours | |
| 4.36 hours | |
| 3.38 hours | |
| 2.62 hours | |
| 2.5 hours | |
| 2.35 hours | |
| 2.19 hours | |
| 1.81 hours | |
| 1.65 hours | |
| 1.22 hours | |
| 0.52 hours | |
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Data Preprocessing/normalisation | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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| 1.15 hours | |
| 1.05 hours | |
| 0.35 hours | |
| 0.18 hours | |
| 0.09 hours | |
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Independent Components Analysis | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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| 0.72 hours | |
| 0.27 hours | |
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![]() Dimensionality Reduction | ![]() 2.1 Hours. |
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| 3.93 hours | |
| 2.81 hours | |
| 2.56 hours | |
| 2.5 hours | |
| 2.15 hours | |
| 1.61 hours | |
| 1.38 hours | |
| 1.16 hours | |
| 1.12 hours | |
| 0.79 hours | |
| 0.52 hours | |
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Principal Components Analysis | ![]() 0.8 Hours. |
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| 1.28 hours | |
| 1.25 hours | |
| 0.81 hours | |
| 0.69 hours | |
| 0.6 hours | |
| 0.57 hours | |
| 0.56 hours | |
| 0.46 hours | |
| 0.43 hours | |
| 0.27 hours | |
| 0.27 hours | |
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Linear Discriminant Analysis | ![]() 0.9 Hours. |
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| 1.55 hours | |
| 1.28 hours | |
| 1.25 hours | |
| 1.15 hours | |
| 0.69 hours | |
| 0.59 hours | |
| 0.56 hours | |
| 0.25 hours | |
| 0.22 hours | |
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Multidimensional scaling | ![]() 0.2 Hours. |
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| 0.2 hours | |
| 0.13 hours | |
Feature Selection | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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| 2.0 hours | |
| 1.84 hours | |
| 0.75 hours | |
| 0.18 hours | |
| 0.08 hours | |
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Dealing with missing features | ![]() 0.5 Hours. |
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| 0.34 hours | |
| 0.1 hours | |
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Image Processing | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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Shape Representation | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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![]() Clustering | ![]() 2.2 Hours. |
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| 5.26 hours | |
| 3.83 hours | |
| 2.9 hours | |
| 2.6 hours | |
| 2.47 hours | |
| 2.01 hours | |
| 1.33 hours | |
| 1.26 hours | |
| 0.56 hours | |
| 0.44 hours | |
| 0.21 hours | |
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Similarity Measures/Clustering Criteria | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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| 1.88 hours | |
| 1.18 hours | |
| 0.44 hours | |
| 0.44 hours | |
| 0.3 hours | |
| 0.29 hours | |
| 0.1 hours | |
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K-Means Clustering | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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| 0.98 hours | |
| 0.85 hours | |
| 0.75 hours | |
| 0.67 hours | |
| 0.56 hours | |
| 0.44 hours | |
| 0.39 hours | |
| 0.29 hours | |
| 0.19 hours | |
| 0.14 hours | |
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Hierarchical Clustering | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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| 1.13 hours | |
| 1.08 hours | |
| 0.57 hours | |
| 0.55 hours | |
| 0.38 hours | |
| 0.38 hours | |
| 0.19 hours | |
| 0.07 hours | |
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Graph-Based Clustering | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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| 1.33 hours | |
| 1.25 hours | |
| 0.2 hours | |
| 0.1 hours | |
| 0.09 hours | |
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Cluster Validity Measures | ![]() 0.4 Hours. |
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| 0.98 hours | |
| 0.3 hours | |
| 0.2 hours | |
| 0.03 hours | |
Competitive Learning/SOMs | ![]() 0.8 Hours. |
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| 0.75 hours | |
| 0.5 hours | |
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Fuzzy Clustering | ![]() 0.5 Hours. |
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| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.75 hours | |
| 0.33 hours | |
| 0.19 hours | |
| 0.03 hours | |
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Vector Quantization | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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| 0.75 hours | |
| 0.11 hours | |
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![]() Decision Theory | ![]() 2.3 Hours. |
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| 4.36 hours | |
| 2.91 hours | |
| 2.87 hours | |
| 2.12 hours | |
| 2.01 hours | |
| 1.91 hours | |
| 1.75 hours | |
| 0.92 hours | |
| 0.68 hours | |
| 0.6 hours | |
| 0.12 hours | |
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Bayesian Decision theory | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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| 1.13 hours | |
| 1.06 hours | |
| 0.93 hours | |
| 0.63 hours | |
| 0.6 hours | |
| 0.48 hours | |
| 0.24 hours | |
| 0.21 hours | |
| 0.2 hours | |
| 0.14 hours | |
| 0.08 hours | |
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Discriminant Functions | ![]() 0.9 Hours. |
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| 2.04 hours | |
| 1.15 hours | |
| 1.13 hours | |
| 1.04 hours | |
| 1.04 hours | |
| 0.86 hours | |
| 0.58 hours | |
| 0.16 hours | |
| 0.1 hours | |
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![]() Error Estimation/Bayes Error | ![]() 0.9 Hours. |
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| 1.12 hours | |
| 0.88 hours | |
| 0.62 hours | |
| 0.56 hours | |
| 0.52 hours | |
| 0.29 hours | |
| 0.25 hours | |
| 0.15 hours | |
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Chernoff's Bound | ![]() 0.4 Hours. |
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| 0.29 hours | |
| 0.14 hours | |
| 0.13 hours | |
| 0.05 hours | |
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Bhattacharyya Coefficient | ![]() 0.2 Hours. |
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| 0.43 hours | |
| 0.14 hours | |
| 0.06 hours | |
Minimum error-rate classification | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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| 0.91 hours | |
| 0.9 hours | |
| 0.35 hours | |
| 0.29 hours | |
| 0.25 hours | |
| 0.24 hours | |
| 0.2 hours | |
| 0.14 hours | |
| 0.04 hours | |
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Bayes Risk/Minimum risk classification | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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| 0.79 hours | |
| 0.69 hours | |
| 0.55 hours | |
| 0.52 hours | |
| 0.43 hours | |
| 0.38 hours | |
| 0.38 hours | |
| 0.35 hours | |
| 0.04 hours | |
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![]() General concepts | ![]() 3.0 Hours. |
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| 6.04 hours | |
| 6.02 hours | |
| 5.27 hours | |
| 5.15 hours | |
| 4.06 hours | |
| 3.22 hours | |
| 3.21 hours | |
| 2.66 hours | |
| 2.01 hours | |
| 1.91 hours | |
| 1.31 hours | |
| 1.3 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
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Intro/Overview/Applications | ![]() 1.4 Hours. |
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| 4.76 hours | |
| 3.83 hours | |
| 2.66 hours | |
| 2.0 hours | |
| 1.25 hours | |
| 1.15 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.63 hours | |
| 0.58 hours | |
| 0.14 hours | |
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ROC Curves/Classifier performance estimation | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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| 0.71 hours | |
| 0.21 hours | |
| 0.21 hours | |
| 0.19 hours | |
| 0.19 hours | |
| 0.17 hours | |
| 0.16 hours | |
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Gaussian Distribution | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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| 0.63 hours | |
| 0.52 hours | |
| 0.5 hours | |
| 0.48 hours | |
| 0.44 hours | |
| 0.43 hours | |
| 0.43 hours | |
| 0.27 hours | |
| 0.25 hours | |
| 0.15 hours | |
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Sufficient Statistics | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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| 0.22 hours | |
| 0.11 hours | |
| 0.06 hours | |
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Distance measures | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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| 1.05 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.44 hours | |
| 0.19 hours | |
| 0.09 hours | |
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Important Distributions | ![]() 0.5 Hours. |
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| 0.74 hours | |
| 0.17 hours | |
Curse of Dimensionality | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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| 2.24 hours | |
| 1.04 hours | |
| 0.63 hours | |
| 0.53 hours | |
| 0.2 hours | |
| 0.16 hours | |
| 0.12 hours | |
| 0.08 hours | |
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Classifier Confidence | ![]() 0.5 Hours. |
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| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.04 hours | |
Generative-vs-Discriminative | ![]() 0.4 Hours. |
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| 0.52 hours | |
| 0.25 hours | |
KL Divergence | ![]() 0.1 Hours. |
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| 0.14 hours | |
Probability Theory/Statistics Review | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.86 hours | |
| 0.72 hours | |
| 0.34 hours | |
| 0.07 hours | |
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Optimization | ![]() 1.5 Hours. |
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| 2.88 hours | |
| 0.09 hours | |
Naïve Bayes | ![]() 0.2 Hours. |
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| 0.24 hours | |
Estimation of classifiability/separability | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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![]() Decision Boundaries | ![]() 5.0 Hours. |
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| 9.69 hours | |
| 9.41 hours | |
| 7.33 hours | |
| 6.82 hours | |
| 6.0 hours | |
| 5.92 hours | |
| 5.07 hours | |
| 4.67 hours | |
| 4.44 hours | |
| 2.68 hours | |
| 2.4 hours | |
| 2.16 hours | |
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![]() Linear Discriminants | ![]() 2.3 Hours. |
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| 3.75 hours | |
| 3.52 hours | |
| 3.5 hours | |
| 3.0 hours | |
| 1.67 hours | |
| 1.61 hours | |
| 1.51 hours | |
| 1.28 hours | |
| 1.25 hours | |
| 0.69 hours | |
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Perceptron Learning | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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| 1.25 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.75 hours | |
| 0.69 hours | |
| 0.49 hours | |
| 0.45 hours | |
| 0.17 hours | |
| 0.08 hours | |
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Minimum Squared Error | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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| 1.25 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.38 hours | |
| 0.29 hours | |
| 0.15 hours | |
| 0.13 hours | |
| 0.1 hours | |
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Quadratic Discriminant Functions | ![]() 0.4 Hours. |
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| 0.24 hours | |
| 0.09 hours | |
| 0.09 hours | |
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Support Vector Machine | ![]() 1.4 Hours. |
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| 3.0 hours | |
| 2.5 hours | |
| 2.5 hours | |
| 2.08 hours | |
| 2.0 hours | |
| 1.83 hours | |
| 1.09 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.95 hours | |
| 0.83 hours | |
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Relevance Vector Machine | ![]() 0.5 Hours. |
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| 0.8 hours | |
| 0.67 hours | |
| 0.17 hours | |
k-Nearest Neighbour Rule | ![]() 0.8 Hours. |
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| 1.74 hours | |
| 1.08 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.47 hours | |
| 0.39 hours | |
| 0.38 hours | |
| 0.18 hours | |
| 0.06 hours | |
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Decision Trees | ![]() 1.2 Hours. |
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| 3.0 hours | |
| 2.0 hours | |
| 1.84 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.69 hours | |
| 0.28 hours | |
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![]() Neural networks | ![]() 2.0 Hours. |
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| 3.98 hours | |
| 3.53 hours | |
| 2.1 hours | |
| 2.0 hours | |
| 1.23 hours | |
| 0.93 hours | |
| 0.56 hours | |
| 0.5 hours | |
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Multilayer Perceptron | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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| 1.5 hours | |
| 1.23 hours | |
| 0.93 hours | |
| 0.79 hours | |
| 0.56 hours | |
| 0.5 hours | |
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Radial Basis Networks | ![]() 1.6 Hours. |
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| 1.56 hours | |
Backpropogation Algorithm | ![]() 0.9 Hours. |
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| 1.2 hours | |
| 1.07 hours | |
| 1.04 hours | |
| 0.53 hours | |
| 0.5 hours | |
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![]() Parameter Estimation/Learning | ![]() 3.7 Hours. |
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| 9.32 hours | |
| 6.13 hours | |
| 5.72 hours | |
| 5.38 hours | |
| 4.71 hours | |
| 4.63 hours | |
| 4.58 hours | |
| 4.52 hours | |
| 3.61 hours | |
| 3.21 hours | |
| 3.07 hours | |
| 2.03 hours | |
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Maximum Likelihood | ![]() 0.9 Hours. |
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| 1.5 hours | |
| 1.38 hours | |
| 1.29 hours | |
| 1.25 hours | |
| 1.15 hours | |
| 1.12 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.89 hours | |
| 0.75 hours | |
| 0.43 hours | |
| 0.42 hours | |
| 0.27 hours | |
| 0.24 hours | |
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Maximum a Posteriori / Bayesian | ![]() 1.2 Hours. |
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| 3.55 hours | |
| 2.45 hours | |
| 1.71 hours | |
| 1.28 hours | |
| 1.25 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.88 hours | |
| 0.85 hours | |
| 0.83 hours | |
| 0.57 hours | |
| 0.43 hours | |
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Expectation Maximisation | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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| 2.3 hours | |
| 1.75 hours | |
| 1.36 hours | |
| 1.11 hours | |
| 1.08 hours | |
| 0.89 hours | |
| 0.85 hours | |
| 0.71 hours | |
| 0.68 hours | |
| 0.52 hours | |
| 0.44 hours | |
| 0.27 hours | |
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Markov Chain Monte Carlo | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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| 1.33 hours | |
| 1.0 hours | |
| 0.92 hours | |
| 0.88 hours | |
Variational Methods | ![]() 1.5 Hours. |
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| 2.66 hours | |
| 0.92 hours | |
| 0.88 hours | |
Evolutionary Methods | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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Bias/Variance/Model Complexity Selection/Regularization/Overfitting | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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Maximum Entropy Estimation | ![]() 0.3 Hours. |
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Maximum Mutual Information | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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![]() Density Estimation | ![]() 1.8 Hours. |
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k-Nearest Neighbours | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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Vector Quantization-based Density Estimation | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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Parzen windows/Kernel Density Estimation | ![]() 0.9 Hours. |
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Histogram-based density estimation | ![]() 0.5 Hours. |
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Gaussian Mixture Models | ![]() 0.5 Hours. |
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Bayesian Belief Networks/Graphical Models | ![]() 2.3 Hours. |
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![]() Classifier Combination | ![]() 1.1 Hours. |
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Classifier Ensembles/Mixture of Experts | ![]() 0.6 Hours. |
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Boosting/Bagging | ![]() 0.9 Hours. |
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![]() Sequential/Contextual Pattern Recognition | ![]() 1.3 Hours. |
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Markov models | ![]() 0.9 Hours. |
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Markov Random Fields | ![]() 1.8 Hours. |
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Hidden Markov Models | ![]() 1.3 Hours. |
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![]() Applications | ![]() 3.2 Hours. |
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Face recognition | ![]() 1.1 Hours. |
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Hand-writing recognition | ![]() 1.5 Hours. |
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Color-Based Skin Detection in Images | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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Face detection | ![]() 1.4 Hours. |
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Robot Juggling Using Locally-Weighted Regression | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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Document image analysis | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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Fingerprint identification | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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Object Tracking | ![]() 1.8 Hours. |
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Brain MR Image Segmentation | ![]() 0.9 Hours. |
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Human Pose Estimation | ![]() 0.9 Hours. |
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Speech recognition | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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visual analysis of art | ![]() 2.7 Hours. |
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| 2.66 hours | |
Music information retrieval | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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![]() Theoretical Concepts | ![]() 1.2 Hours. |
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No free lunch theorem | ![]() 0.8 Hours. |
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VC Dimension/inequality | ![]() 0.7 Hours. |
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PAC Learning | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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Statistical learning theory | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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![]() Misc other areas | ![]() 1.5 Hours. |
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Reinforcement Learning | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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Semi-supervised Learning | ![]() 0.8 Hours. |
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Particle filters | ![]() 1.0 Hours. |
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Linear Regression | ![]() 1.8 Hours. |
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| 1.75 hours |