The regularized LVQ1 algorithm

This paper introduces a straightforward generalization of the well-known LVQ1 algorithm for nearest neighbour classifiers that includes the standard LVQ1 and the k-means algorithms as special cases. It is based on a regularizing parameter that monotonically decreases the upper bound of the training classification error towards a minimum. Experiments using 10 real data sets show the utility of this simple extension of LVQ1.