The expectation-maximization algorithm applied to the search of point sources of astroparticles

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-124

  Aguilar, Juan Antonio ^a   Hernández Rey, Juan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clustering analysis; Cosmic rays; Point source search

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COSMIC RAYS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHM; POINT SOURCE SEARCH;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 39649089408     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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