Morphometric Tools for Landmark Data - Geometry and Biology

This book is the first systematic survey of morphometric methods for landmark data. It combines conventional multivariate statistical analysis with themes from plane and solid geometry and from biomathematics to support biological insights into the features of many different organs and organisms. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Preliminaries; 3. Landmarks; 4. Distance measures; 5. Shape coordinates; 6. Principal axes of shape change for triangles; 7. Features of shape comparison; 8. Retrospect and prospect.

Product details

• Authors: Fred L. Bookstein
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.1997
• EAN: 9780521585989
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58598-9
• No. of pages: 456
• Series: Geometry and Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; MEDICAL / Biostatistics, geometry, Biology, life sciences, Maths for scientists, Maths for engineers