Raw data pre-processing in the protozoa and metazoa identification by image analysis and multivariate statistical techniques

Journal of Chemometrics

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 156-164

  Ginoris, Y P ^a   Amaral, A L ^b,c   Nicolau, A ^b   Coelho, M A Z ^a   Ferreira, E C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Metazoa; Pattern recognition; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DECISION TREES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROTOZOA; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DATA PREPROCESSING; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; METAZOA; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; NORMALISATION; PARAMETER REDUCTION; PARAMETER SET; PRE-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; STANDARD DEVIATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548770024     PISSN: 08869383     EISSN: 1099128X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cem.1054     Document Type: Article

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