Iterative curve organisation with the EM algorithm

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-155

  Leite, J A F ^a   Hancock, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURVE FITTING; INFRARED IMAGING; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EXPECTATION AND MAXIMIZATION (EM) ALGORITHM;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 0031071623     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8655(96)00119-5     Document Type: Article

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