Robust and optimal use of information in stereo vision

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6714, 1999, Pages 63-66

  Porrill, John ^a   Frisby, John P ^a   Adams, Wendy J ^a   Buckley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EYE POSITION; GAZE; HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0033531226     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16244     Document Type: Article

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