Parametric and nonparametric tests for speckled imagery

Pattern Analysis and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-161

  Cintra, Renato J ^a   Frery, Alejandro C ^b   Nascimento, Abraão D C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Information theory; Nonparametric methods; Parametric inference; Robust statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876094659     PISSN: 14337541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10044-011-0249-3     Document Type: Article

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