儘管支持向量機（Support Vector Machine, SVM）是屬於強分類器，不容易與調昇式學習法（Adaptive Boosting, AdaBoost）作結合，但其已被證明為調昇式學習法中有效的組合分類器（Component Classifier）。本論文即根據此理論提出以特徵篩選的調昇式學習法結合支持向量機來實作性別和年齡辨識。所選用的特徵皆被證實能有效描述人臉，包含局部二元化模版（Local Binary Pattern, LBP）、局部方向性模版（Local Directional Pattern, LDP）、局部三元化模版（Local Ternary Pattern, LTP）、蓋伯濾波器（Gabor Filter）以及局部蓋伯二元化模版（Local Gabor Binary, LGBP）。上述各種方式擷取的特徵，都具有很高的維度，為了加速模型的訓練，以及效能評估的檢測，我們另外使用兩種方式進行降維：主成分分析（Principal Component Analysis, PCA）以及線性識別分析（Linear Discriminant Analysis, LDA），接著利用支持向量機作為AdaBoost的組合分類器，即可在AdaBoost每次迭代的過程篩選出最適合的特徵，進而學習並組合出最終的辨識模型。
由辨識結果看來，未進行特徵篩選的AdaBoostSVM與SVM這兩個分類器有近似的辨識能力，而進行特徵篩選後的AdaBoostSVM則有機會得到較上述兩分類器好的性別和年齡辨識結果。

Although SVM (Support Vector Machine) is a strong classifier that cannot be combined with AdaBoost (Adaptive Boosting) easily, it has been proved to be effective component classifier in AdaBoost. In this paper, we propose AdaBoost multiple feature selection with SVM for gender and age classification based on the above-mentioned theory. The chosen features have been proved to be successful in describing facial image. They include LBP (Local Binary Pattern), LDP (Local Directional Pattern), LTP (Local Ternary Pattern), Gabor filter, and LGBP (Local Gabor Binary Pattern). To speed up the training process and get better performance, we reduce dimensionalities by two methods: PCA (Principal Component Analysis) and LDA (Linear Discriminant Analysis). Then, we use SVM as the component classifier in AdaBoost. At each iteration in AdaBoost, we can choose the most suitable feature by evaluating the training error rate. Finally, we can combine these component classifiers into the ultimate recognition model.
From the experimental results, AdaBoostSVM with no feature selection can perform as well as SVM. Moreover, AdaBoostSVM with multiple feature selection has the chance to outperform the other classifiers in both gender and age classification.

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