A statistical model for signature verification

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 469, 2005, Pages 231-241

  Mckeague, Ian W ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian nonparametric regression; Biometric identification; Functional data analysis; Shape theory; Spatial point processes; Time warping

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944350795     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214504000000827     Document Type: Article

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