Smoothing techniques and estimation methods for nonstationary Boolean models with applications to coverage processes

Biometrika

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-283

  Molchanov, I S ^a   Chiu, S N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coverage; Johnson Mehl model; Kernel smoothing; Nonstationary Boolean model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008300733     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/87.2.265     Document Type: Article

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