Morphometric Tools for Landmark Data: Geometry and Biology
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (943 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521383854 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 455 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book is the first systematic survey of morphometric methods for landmark data.. Its richest data are landmarks, points, such as the bridge of the nose, that have biological names as well as geometric locations. Morphometrics is the statistical study of biological shape and shape change
I recommend this well-written book to all biometricians concerned with the analysis of shape." R.A. Mardia, International Statisical Institute Short Book Reviews"The new geometric morphometry, as epitomized in Bookstein's text, is a fully rounded scientific achievement. "will certainly be a landmark volume in this difficult but important field of shape analysis." K.V. Reyment, Biometrics"specialists working in this field may find the book to be a useful collation of methods for the study of shape." Shumei Guo, Journal of the American Statistical Association"a serious and wide-ranging effort to systematize morphometricsBookstein has done an admirable job in bringing together the tools needed to reach this goal and, consequently, in building his case about the importanc
good reference for shape research A Customer Bookstein's work represents an alternative to Kendall's view of shape that is more specific to biological forms. The operationalization of D'Arcy Thompson's ideas on biological shape using thin-plate splines is reason alone to get a copy of this book. Bookstein's coverage of thin-plate splines is very clear and intuitive. Unfortunately this standard is not upheld for all subjects covered in the book, but the fact is that t