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CROSSCORRELATION [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Geophysics
DEF

A measure of degree of similarity between two functions.

CONT

Cross-correlation of two digital waveforms involves cross-multiplication of the individual waveform elements and summation of the cross-multiplication products over the common time interval of the waveforms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Géophysique

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Probability (Statistics)
OBS

For example, the time integral of the product of one signal and another related, but time-delayed, signal.

Key term(s)
  • crosscorrelation
  • cross correlation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Probabilités (Statistique)
CONT

La corrélation croisée est parfois utilisée en statistique pour désigner la covariance Cov(X,Y) des vecteurs aléatoires X et Y, afin de distinguer ce concept de la «covariance» d'un vecteur aléatoire X, laquelle est comprise comme étant la matrice des covariances des coordonnées de X.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Probabilidad (Estadística)
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