A primer on perfect simulation for spatial point processes

Bulletin of the Brazilian Mathematical Society

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-367

  Berthelsen, Kasper K ^a   Møller, Jesper ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clans of ancestors; Coupling from the past (CFTP); Dominated CFTP; Exact simulation; Local stability; Spatial birth and death process; Strauss process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036879961     PISSN: 01003569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005740200019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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