Gamma mixture models for target recognition

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2045-2054

  Webb, Andrew R ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic target recognition; Discrimination; Gamma distribution; Imprecision; Mixture models; Radar; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION;

AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 0034559506     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3203(99)00195-8     Document Type: Article

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