Detecting patterns of a technological intelligence in remotely sensed imagery

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-39

  Carlotto, Mark J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological remote sensing; Comparative analysis; Fractals; Planetary imaging; Search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FRACTALS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACE RESEARCH; TEXTURES;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCES; STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION; TECHNOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 33845754332     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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