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Age Estimation with Regard for Classifiable Ability of Each Component in Reduced Dimension Age Manifold


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A new age estimation method that takes classifiable ability of each component in age manifold into account is considered. First, we analysis the age classification rate of each component in reduced dimension age manifold. Second, we apply this property to kernel function in popular method such as SVM. This is implemented by weighted kernel function. Finally, we evaluate this method in “wild” face image database. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of our proposed framework.

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Age Estimation, Support Vector Machine, Support Vector Regression.
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Authors

Pak DuHo
Institute of Information Science, Kim II Sung University, D.P.R. of Korea, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Ri KumHyok
Institute of Information Science, Kim II Sung University, D.P.R. of Korea, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Hyon CunGyong
Institute of Information Science, Kim II Sung University, D.P.R. of Korea, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Abstract


A new age estimation method that takes classifiable ability of each component in age manifold into account is considered. First, we analysis the age classification rate of each component in reduced dimension age manifold. Second, we apply this property to kernel function in popular method such as SVM. This is implemented by weighted kernel function. Finally, we evaluate this method in “wild” face image database. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of our proposed framework.

Keywords


Age Estimation, Support Vector Machine, Support Vector Regression.

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