Estimating velocities and accelerations of animal locomotion: A simulation experiment comparing numerical differentiation algorithms

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 981-995

  Walker, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Biomechanics; Fast start; Filters; Fourier analysis; Locomotion; Movement analysis; Performance; Simulated data; Spline analysis; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ESOX LUCIUS; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0031898935     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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