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Random tessellations in ℝd

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

J. Møller
J. Møller*
Affiliation:
Aarhus University
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Theoretical Statistics, Institute of Mathematics, Aarhus University, DK 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
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Abstract

This paper presents a general theory of random tessellations (i.e. stochastic aggregates of disjoint and space-filling cells) in d-dimensional Euclidean space. Some particular models of random tessellations are discussed in detail.

Keywords

DELAUNEY TESSELLATIONFACET CHARACTERISTICSFLAT SECTIONSMEAN VALUE RELATIONSMOSAICSPALM MEASURESSTEREOLOGYSTOCHASTIC GEOMETRYTESSELLATIONSTESSELLATION CHARACTERISTICSVORONOI TESSELLATION

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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 37 - 73
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1989 

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