Neural network-based sperm whale click classification

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-38

  Van Der Schaar, M ^a   Delory, E ^a   Catala A ^a   Andre M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DIVING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MODEL VALIDATION; TESTING METHOD; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 33847356083     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054756     Document Type: Article

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