Distribution-based fuzzy clustering of electrical resistivity tomography images for interface detection

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 310-321

  Ward, W O C ^a   Wilkinson, P B ^b   Chambers, J E ^b   Oxby, L S ^b   Bai, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fuzzy logic; Image processing; Neural networks; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS FRAMEWORKS; CLUSTER MEMBERSHIPS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION METHODS; FUZZY C-MEANS ALGORITHMS; INTERFACE DETECTION; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION; SMOOTHNESS CONSTRAINTS;

ALGORITHMS; COPYING; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY LOGIC; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEURAL NETWORKS; TOMOGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BEDROCK; BOREHOLE LOGGING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GPS; IMAGE PROCESSING; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84897853301     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu006     Document Type: Article

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