Gaussian limits for random geometric measures

Electronic Journal of Probability

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 989-1035

  Penrose, Mathew D ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central limit theorem; Gaussian field; Germ grain model; Point process; Random measure; Random set; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547700101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/EJP.v12-429     Document Type: Article

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