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Ian L. Dryden - Statistical Shape Analysis: With Applications in R - 9780470699621 - V9780470699621
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Statistical Shape Analysis: With Applications in R

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Description for Statistical Shape Analysis: With Applications in R Hardcover. Series: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of this introduction to modern statistical methods for shape analysis

Shape analysis is an important tool in the many disciplines where objects are compared using geometrical features.  Examples include comparing brain shape in schizophrenia; investigating protein molecules in bioinformatics; and describing growth of organisms in biology.

This book is a significant update of the highly-regarded Statistical Shape Analysis by the same authors. The new edition lays the foundations of landmark shape analysis, including geometrical concepts and statistical techniques, and extends to include analysis of curves, surfaces, images and other types of object data. Key ... Read more

The authors have included substantial new material on recent statistical developments and offer numerous examples throughout the text. Concepts are introduced in an accessible manner, while retaining sufficient detail for more specialist statisticians to appreciate the challenges and opportunities of this new field. Computer code has been included for instructional use, along with exercises to enable readers to implement the applications themselves in R and to follow the key ideas by hands-on analysis.

  • Offers a detailed yet accessible treatment of statistical methods for shape analysis
  • Includes numerous examples and applications from many disciplines
  • Provides R code for implementing the examples
  • Covers a wide variety of recent developments in shape analysis

Shape Analysis, with Applications in R will offer a valuable introduction to this fast-moving research area for statisticians and other applied scientists working in diverse areas, including archaeology, bioinformatics, biology, chemistry, computer science, medicine, morphometics and image analysis.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470699621
SKU
V9780470699621
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Ian L. Dryden
Ian Dryden, University of Nottingham, UK. Kanti Mardia, University of Leeds and University of Oxford, UK.

Reviews for Statistical Shape Analysis: With Applications in R
"This is really an excellent, masterly, authoritative book about the statistical shape and size-and-shape analysis of landmark data. It provides the conceptual elements and then specific relationships and equations, working toward the various applications. The main results and equations are given in the text. In addition, there is a lot of information about how to use the tools...The book is ... Read more

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