Inhaltsverzeichnis:
1. Introduction and examples; 2. Statistical decision theory; 3. Linear discriminant analysis; 4. Flexible discriminants; 5. Feed-forward neural networks; 6. Non-parametric methods; 7. Tree-structured classifiers; 8. Belief networks; 9. Unsupervised methods; 10. Finding good pattern features; Appendix: statistical sidelines; Glossary; References; Author index; Subject index.