第一章引言

This book presents and discusses the fundamental mathematical tools for
statistical decision-making processes in pattern recognition. It is felt that the

本书主要讲述和讨论模式识别中的统计决策处理所需的基本数学工具。
decision-making processes of a human being are somewhat related to the

感觉上人类的决策过程和模式的识别有点联系。
recognition of patterns; for example, the next move in a chess game is based
upon the present pattern on the board, and buying or selling stocks is decided

比如，棋类游戏中的下一步是基于棋盘的当前模式，买或卖股票由一个复杂的信息模式决定。
by a complex pattern of information. The goal of pattern recognition is to clarify
these complicated mechanisms of decision-making processes and to

模式识别的目标是搞清楚这些决策过程的复杂机制，并借助计算机实现自动化。
automate these functions using computers. However, because of the complex
nature of the problem, most pattern recognition research has been concentrated
on more realistic problems, such as the recognition of Latin characters and the

因为问题本身过于复杂，大部分的研究主要集中在更加具体的问题上，如拉丁字符的识别和波形分类。
classification of waveforms. The purpose of this book is to cover the
mathematical models of these practical problems and to provide the fundamental
mathematical tools necessary for solving them. Although many approaches

本书的目的是介绍这些实际问题中需要的数学模型和解决这些问题需要的基本数学工具。
have been proposed to formulate more complex decision-making processes,
these are outside the scope of this book.

虽然有很多方法用来描述更加复杂的决策过程，但不包括在本书的范围内。