Estimation of mean particle volume using the set covariance function

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-46

  Cabo, Annoesjka ^a   Baddeley, Adrian ^b  

^a University of Western Australia ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

4 linc; Campbell Mecke formula; Chord lengths; Design based stereology; Fast Fourier transform; Integral geometry; Interpoint distances; Isoperimetric inequality; Line transects; Log normal distribution; Model based stereology; Palm distribution; Point sampled intercepts; Rao Blackwell process; Stereology; Vertical sections; Volume weighted mean volume; Weighted distributions

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SET THEORY; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

CAMPBELL-MECKE FORMULA; INTEGRAL GEOMETRY; ISOPERIMETRIC INEQUALITY; MEAN PARTICLE VOLUME ESTIMATION; PALM DISTRIBUTION; RAO-BLACKWELL PROCESS; SET COVARIANCE FUNCTION; VOLUME WEIGHTED MEAN VOLUME; WEIGHTED DISTRIBUTIONS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 0037357688     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1046366097     Document Type: Article

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