Statistical efficiency of perceptual decisions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 454, Issue , 1984, Pages 18-26

  Burgess, Arthur E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING - IMAGE ANALYSIS;

DECISION PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN DECISION MAKING; IMAGE DISPLAY; LOW NOISE VISUAL WORLD; MEDICAL IMAGE PRODUCTION; NOISE SPECTRUM EFFECTS;

DECISION THEORY AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0021586466     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.939309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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