Optimal classification method for smiling vs neutral facial display recognition

Human face depicts what happens in the soul, therefore correct recognition of emotion on the basis of facial display is of high importance. This work concentrates on the problem of optimal classification technique selection for solving the issue of smiling versus neutral face recognition. There are compared most frequently applied classification techniques: k-nearest neighbourhood, support vector machines, and template matching. Their performance is evaluated on facial images from several image datasets, but with similar image description methods based on local binary patterns. According to the experiments results the linear support vector machine gives the most satisfactory outcomes for all conditions.