MATLAB functions to analyze directional (azimuthal) data-I: Single-sample inference

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-175

  Jones, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azimuths; Concentration; Inference: Vector mean; Uniform; Von Mises

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INFERENCE ENGINES; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

AZIMUTHAL DIRECTIONS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; VECTOR MEAN; VON MISES DISTRIBUTION;

EARTH SCIENCES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EARTH SCIENCES; INFERENCE ENGINES; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

AZIMUTH; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 30944449004     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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