Entropic measure of spatial disorder for systems of finite-sized objects

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 157-173

  Piasecki, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

RELATIVE CONFIGURATIONAL ENTROPY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIERPINSKI CARPETS;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 0033906769     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00458-6     Document Type: Article

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