Planar line processes for void and density statistics in thin stochastic fibre networks

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-322

  Dodson, C T J ^a   Sampson, W W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approximations; Limiting distributions; Line density; Poisson line process; Polygon area distribution; Random polygons

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348834134     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-007-9379-9     Document Type: Article

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