AN INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING SYSTEM BASED ON MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS UPDATED USING CONFIDENCE RATES AND STRESS PARAMETERS

Tarek M. Hamdani, Mohamed A. Khabou, Adel M. Alimi, and Fakhri Karray

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