Assessing shape differences in populations of shapes using the complex Watson shape distribution

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-116

  Micheas, Athanasios C ^a   Dey, Dipak K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Average shape difference; Complex Watson shape distribution; HPD credible set; Modal shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444418983     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760500054137     Document Type: Article

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