Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Is Pattern Recognition Important? 1.2 Features, Feature Vectors, and Classifiers 1.3 Supervised, Unsupervised, and Semi-Supervised Learning 1.4 MATLAB Programs 1.5 Outline of the Book Chapter 2. Classifiers Based on Bayes Decision Theory 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Bayes Decisio