A general rule for disk and hemisphere partition into equal-area cells

Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 275-283

  Beckers, Benoit ^a   Beckers, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azimuthal projections; Disk partition; Equal area cells; Hemisphere

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL PROJECTIONS; HEMISPHERE; STRATIFIED SAMPLING; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

ASPECT RATIO; CYTOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPHERES;

CELLS;

EID: 84858449098     PISSN: 09257721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comgeo.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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