Search for the wreckage of Air France Flight AF 447

Statistical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-80

  Stone, Lawrence D ^a   Keller, Colleen M ^a   Kratzke, Thomas M ^a   Strumpfer, Johan P ^b  

^a METRON INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AF 447; Bayesian; Particle filter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901425217     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/13-STS420     Document Type: Article

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