Density estimation using modified expectation-maximization algorithm for a linear combination of gaussians

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1871-1874

  Farag, Aly A ^a   El Baz, Ayman ^a   Gimel'farb, Georgy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY ESTIMATION; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION (EM) ALGORITHMS; MARGINAL PROBABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 20444466882     PISSN: 15224880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2004.1421442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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