Parameter estimation for excursion set texture models

Signal Processing

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-210

  Nott, David J ^a   Wilson, Richard J ^a  

^a Coop Res Ctr Mining Technol E ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Circulant embedding; EM algorithm; Excursion set; Markov chain Monte Carlo technique; Random field; Stochastic EM algorithm; Texture modelling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EXCURSION SET TEXTURE MODELS; GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0031364453     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1684(97)00156-4     Document Type: Article

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