Buffon got it straight

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 415-421

  Wood, G R ^a   Robertson, J M ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic efficiency; Asymptotic variance; Buffon needle; Grid density; Information; Regular tiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032579628     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7152(97)00145-4     Document Type: Article

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