Minimax optimal level set estimation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5914, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-15

  Willett, Rebecca M ^a   Nowak, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DYADIC PARTITION; MULTIVARIATE FUNCTIONS; TREE-STRUCTURED PARTITIONS;

SET THEORY;

EID: 30844435040     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.617905     Document Type: Conference Paper

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