The statistical meaning of kurtosis and its new application to identification of persons based on seismic signals

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5106-5119

  Zhiqiang, Liang ^a   Jianming, Wei ^a   Junyu, Zhao ^a   Haitao, Liu ^a   Baoqing, Li ^a   Jie, Shen ^a   Chunlei, Zheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Kurtosis; Peakedness; Person identification; Seismic signal; Tail

Indexed keywords

KURTOSIS; PEAKEDNESS; PERSON IDENTIFICATION; SEISMIC SIGNALS; TAIL;

ALGORITHMS; SEISMIC WAVES;

HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS;

EID: 50849120451     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8085106     Document Type: Article

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