A central limit theorem for linear Kolmogorov's birth-growth models

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-106

  Chiu, S N ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central limit theorem; Coverage; Inhomogeneous Poisson process; Johnson Mehl tessellation; Kolmogorov's birth growth model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031067218     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4149(96)00113-5     Document Type: Article

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