Masses of Negative Multinomial Distributions: Application to Polarimetric Image Processing. (24th February 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bernardoff, Philippe; Chatelain, Florent; Tourneret, Jean-Yves
• Other Names: Ortega Edwin Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of probability and statistics. Volume 2013(2013)
• Publication Date: 2013-02-24
• Subjects: Probabilities -- Periodicals; Mathematical statistics -- Periodicals; Mathematical statistics; Probabilities; Periodicals; 519
• DOI: 10.1155/2013/170967
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-952X

Abstract

Abstract : This paper derives new closed-form expressions for the masses of negative multinomial distributions. These masses can be maximized to determine the maximum likelihood estimator of its unknown parameters. An application to polarimetric image processing is investigated. We study the maximum likelihood estimators of the polarization degree of polarimetric images using different combinations of images.