Clustering: Automated detail suppression using virtual topology

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD

Volumn 220, Issue , 1997, Pages 57-64

  Sheffer, Alla ^a,b   Blacker, Ted ^c   Bercovier, Michel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b PÔLE UNIVERSITAIRE LÉONARD DE VINCI   (France)

^c Fluid Dynamics Int   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOPOLOGY;

CLUSTERS ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL TOPOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0030691535     PISSN: 01608835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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