Statistical evaluation of anomaly recognition performance

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-12

  Stanley, C R ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anomaly recognition; Exploration performance; Hypergeometric distribution; Partial digestion; Selective extraction

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL INDUSTRY; PROBABILITY;

ANOMALY RECOGNITION; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES; HYPERGEOMETRIC; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL EVALUATION;

MINERAL EXPLORATION;

ANOMALY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037305910     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-787302-040     Document Type: Article

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