Principal Component Analysis in monument conservation: Three application examples

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-81

  Moropoulou, Antonia ^a   Polikreti, Kyriaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Culture Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brick; Historical mortar; Marble patina; Monument restoration; Multivariate statistics; Principal Component Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849165663     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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