“The output of different SVM classifiers can be combined simply by a weighted average of the estimates they produce. We combined in this way an SVM classifier which uses the
set of color features F1 ∪ F2 ∪ F3 (with weight 1/3) and a second SVM classifier which uses the set of texture features G2 (with weight 2/3).”
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Section 2.3 which describes combining 2.1 ( color ) and 2.2 ( texture ) to create the final algorithm to classify dogs vs. cats.
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