A gauss-vaníček spectral analysis of the sepkoski compendium: No new life cycles

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 26-30

  Omerbashich, Mensur ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENFREQUENCIES; STATISTICAL NULL HYPOTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC NOISE;

ASTRONOMY; DYNAMICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GEOPHYSICS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746360897     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2006.68     Document Type: Article

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