Incremental Learning Algorithm of a Modified Minimum-Distance Classifier

An incremental learning algorithm of a modified minimum-distance classifier is proposed to eliminate the inter disturbance of the classifier during the incremental learning process.It enables the classifier to remember the old knowledge and learn the new one at the same time.Incremental learning requires the modification of the classifier structure,and certain number of old samples must be reserved to helpto review old knowledge while learning the new one.In terms of normal distributed sample sets,a new filtering algorithm is proposed.A few samples are preserved which are representative and greatly reduced the cost of storing as well as retraining.Experimental results show that the algorithm gives high rate of recognition correctness.It makes the old samples remain high rate of recognition correctness while the new samples are also effectively recognized with less storing space.