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Name: Approximation
ID: m18727
Language: English (en)
Summary: This collection reviews fundamental concepts underlying the use of concise models for signal processing. Topics are presented from a geometric perspective and include low-dimensional linear, sparse, and manifold-based signal models, approximation, compression, dimensionality reduction, and Compressed Sensing.
Subject: Science and Technology
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License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Michael Wakin (mwakin@mines.edu)
Copyright Holders: Michael Wakin (mwakin@mines.edu)
Maintainers: Michael Wakin (mwakin@mines.edu), Daniel Williamson (dcwill@cnx.org)
Latest version: 1.5 (history)
First publication date: Aug 21, 2008 3:34 pm GMT-5
Last revision to module: Sep 22, 2009 1:36 pm GMT-5
Module XML: m18727_1.5.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.5 Sep 22, 2009 1:36 pm GMT-5 by Daniel Williamson
Changes: 
added google analytics tracking code
Version: 1.4 Apr 14, 2009 10:57 pm GMT-5 by Michael Wakin
Changes: 
fixed citation
Version: 1.3 Apr 14, 2009 6:36 pm GMT-5 by Michael Wakin
Changes: 
clarified figure captions; discussed thresholding for nonlinear approximation; added cameraman figures; mentioned geometry of L1 minimization
Version: 1.2 Dec 3, 2008 4:33 pm US/Central by Daniel Williamson
Changes: 
established intra-modular cnxns
Version: 1.1 Dec 3, 2008 1:52 pm US/Central by Daniel Williamson
Changes: 
initial publication

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