Convexity of a set of subthreshold stimuli implies a peak detector

Spatial Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-123

  Logvinenko, A D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

EQUIVALENT PEAK DETECTION; LINEAR ANALYZERS; PSYCHOPHYSICALLY EQUIVALENT PEAK DETECTOR; SUBTHRESHOLD STIMULI CONVEXITY;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030131586     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856896X00088     Document Type: Article

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