Spectral theory of constrained second-rank symmetric random tensors

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-24

  Xu, Peiliang ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Random tensors; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUE; GEOSTATISTICS;

EID: 0032872395     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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