The efficiency of systematic sampling in stereology - Reconsidered

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-211

  Gundersen, H J G ^a   Jensen, E B V ^a   Kieu K ^b   Nielsen, J ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cavalieri estimator; Covariogram; Efficiency; Euler MacLaurin formula; Point counting; Resampling; Stereology; Systematic sampling; Transitive methods; Variance approximation

Indexed keywords

CAVALIERI ESTIMATOR; COVARIOGRAM; EULER-MACLAURIN FORMULA; POINT COUNTING; RECENT RESEARCHES; RESAMPLING; STEREOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING; TRANSITIVE METHOD; VARIANCE APPROXIMATION;

EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0033045425     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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