Detection of subsurface metallic utilities by means of a SAP technique: Comparing MUSIC- and SVM-based approaches

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-68

  Meschino, Simone ^a   Pajewski, Lara ^a   Pastorino, Matteo ^b   Randazzo, Andrea ^b   Schettini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buried object detection; Direction of arrival estimation; Electromagnetic scattering; Smart antennas; Sub array processing

Indexed keywords

BURIED-OBJECT DETECTION; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MULTIPLE SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION; SMART ANTENNA TECHNIQUES; SUB-ARRAYS; SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION (SVR);

ALGORITHMS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SMART ANTENNAS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL;

ALGORITHM; CABLE; DATA PROCESSING; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 84884418877     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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