An algorithm for constructing extreme compositions

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-25

  Renner, Ross M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Endmember; Extreme point; FORTRAN 77; Mixture; Simplex

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL DATASET; FORTRAN ALGORITHM;

EID: 0029772145     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-3004(95)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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