This document summarizes research on evaluating the performance of block-sized algorithms for facial recognition using majority vote. The researchers tested various combinations of preprocessing techniques, feature extraction methods, and classifiers on the AT&T face dataset. For preprocessing, they used histogram equalization, gamma intensity correction, and regional histogram equalization. Feature extraction methods included PCA, LDA, ICA, and LBP. SVM was used for classification. Both holistic and block-based methods were evaluated using different block sizes. The block-based method with GIC preprocessing, LDA feature extraction, and SVM classification achieved 100% accuracy using a 2x2 block size, outperforming the holistic method which achieved a maximum of 93.5% accuracy.
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