Comparison of point-, line- and boundary-sampled intercepts inside a circle or sphere

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 319-330

  Yang, Zheng Wei ^a   Wei, Gui Wu ^a  

^a AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Circle; Intercepts; Probability density function; Probability distribution function; Sphere; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPHERES; STATISTICS;

CIRCLE; INTERCEPTS; STEREOLOGY;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 0037723034     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021800140300237X     Document Type: Article

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