The dead leaves model: A general tessellation modeling occlusion

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-46

  Bordenave, Charles ^a,b   Gousseau, Yann ^c   Roueff, François ^c,d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^d TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Dead leaves model; General tessellation; Image modeling; Typical cell

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SET THEORY;

DEAD LEAVES MODEL; GENERAL TESSELLATION; IMAGE MODELING; TYPICAL CELL;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 33646111914     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1143936138     Document Type: Article

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