Probabilistic classification of elemental abundance distributions in Nakhla and Apollo 17 lunar dust samples

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6309, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Storrie Lombardi, Michael C ^a   Hoover, Richard B ^b   Abbas, Mian ^b   Jerman, G ^b   Coston, J ^b   Fisk, Martin ^c  

^a Kinohi Institute   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apollo 17; Artificial neural networks; Bayesian probabilities; Elemental abundances; Mars; Meteorites; Moon; Nakhla

Indexed keywords

APOLLO 17; BAYESIAN PROBABILITIES; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCES;

BACTERIA; METEORITES; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPACE RENDEZVOUS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 33750689222     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.690435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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