A Nonlinear Model for the Spatial Characteristics of the Human Visual System

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

Volumn SMC-7, Issue 3, 1977, Pages 161-170

  Hall, Charles F ^a   Hall, Ernest L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISION;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND CYBERNETICS;

EID: 0017368502     PISSN: 00189472     EISSN: 21682909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.1977.4309680     Document Type: Article

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