On the estimation variance for the specific Euler-Poincaré characteristic of random networks

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-88

  Tscheschel, A ^a   Stoyan, D ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estimation variance; Euler characteristic; Experimental design; Marked point process; Porous media; Random network; Second order moment measure; Specific connectivity number; Topology

Indexed keywords

POROUS MATERIALS;

CONNECTIVITY NUMBER; ESTIMATION VARIANCE; EULER CHARACTERISTIC; EULER NUMBERS; MARKED POINT PROCESS; POROUS MEDIUM; RANDOM NETWORK; SECOND ORDER MOMENT; SECOND-ORDER MOMENT MEASURE; SPECIFIC CONNECTIVITY NUMBER;

TOPOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0042229088     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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