%0 Journal Article %A Junshui, Ma %A Sancho Gómez, José Luis %A Stanley, C. Ahalt %T Nonlinear multiclass discriminant analysis %D 2003 %@ 1070-9908 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10317/704 %X An alternative nonlinear multiclass discriminant algorithm is presented.This algorithm is based on the use of kernel functions and is designed to optimize a general linear discriminant analysis criterion based on scatter matrices.By reformulating these matrices in a specific form,a straightforward derivation a lows the kernel function to be introduced in a simple and direct way.Moreover,we propose a method to determine the value of the regularization parameter,based on this derivation. %K Teoría de la Señal y las Comunicaciones %K Análisis discriminante %K Extracción de características %K Método del núcleo %~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN