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This method combines two classifiers, namely the fuzzy classification system, and for the cases when the fuzzy system returns high confidence levels, i.e., the returned membership value is large, the fuzzy system is used to perform classification, otherwise, the second classifier is applied. As a result, most of the sample is classified by the explainable and interpretable fuzzy system, and the second, more accurate, but less interpretable classifier is applied only for the most difficult cases. To show the efficiency of the proposed approach, a set of experiments is performed on test datasets, as well as two problems of estimating the person\u2019s emotional state with the data collected by non-contact vital sensors, which use the Doppler effect. To validate the accuracies of the proposed approach, the statistical tests were used for comparison. 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