Multivariate clustering analysis of discontinuity data: Implementation and applications

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 861-868

  Zhou, W ^a   Maerz, N H ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; FULLY AUTOMATED; MULTIPLE PARAMETERS; ONE VARIABLE AT A TIME; ROCK MASS STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL TABLES; STEREOSCOPIC VIEW; VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

EID: 79961088772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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