Identification of bat echolocation calls using a decision tree classification system

Complexity International

Volumn 4, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Herr, Alexander ^a   Klomp, Nicholas I ^a   Atkinson, John S ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION THEORY; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); IMAGE ANALYSIS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

BAT ECHOLOCATION CALLS; DECISION TREES; ULTRASONIC CALLS;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 0003270330     PISSN: 13200682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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