Information in Buffon experiments

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-37

  Robertson, J M ^a   Wood, G R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymptotic variance; Buffon needle; Efficiency; Grid density; Information; Regular tilings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032484380     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(97)00060-8     Document Type: Article

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5. Wood, G.R., Robertson, J.M., 1998. Buffon got it straight, Stat. and Prob. Letters (to appear).