Kaplan-Meier type estimators for linear contact distributions

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-155

  Hansen, Martin B ^a   Gill, Richard D ^b   Baddeley, Adrian ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boolean model; Edge effects; Hazard rate; Kaplan Meier estimator; Linear first contact statistics; Protein network; Random closed sets; Reduced sample estimator; Spatial statistics; Star volume; Stochastic geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030532928     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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