A statistical analysis of least-squares circle-centre estimation

Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, ISSPIT 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 114-117

  Zelniker, E E ^a   Clarkson, I V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Electric variables measurement; Information technology; Least squares approximation; Least squares methods; Level measurement; Maximum likelihood estimation; Performance evaluation; Random variables; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM VARIABLES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AUSTRALIA; CRAMER RAO LOWER BOUND; GAUSSIAN MEASUREMENTS; LEAST SQUARES METHODS; LEAST SQUARES TECHNIQUES; NOISY MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; VARIANCE APPROACHES;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 84948131040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSPIT.2003.1341073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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