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A third note on recent research in geometrical probability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

D. V. Little
D. V. Little*
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University of Sheffield
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Abstract

Recent research on topics related to geometrical probability is reviewed. The survey includes articles on random points, lines, flats, and networks in Euclidean spaces, pattern recognition, random coverage and packing, random search, stereology, and probabilistic aspects of integral geometry.

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RANDOM CONVEX HULLSRANDOM SIMPLICESSYLVESTER'S PROBLEMGEOMETRICAL PROBABILITYUNIFORM CIRCULAR DISTRIBUTIONSPOISSON POINT PROCESSESRANDOM LINESINVARIANT IMBEDDINGLINE PROCESSESRANDOM NETWORKSRANDOM TESSELLATIONSRANDOM SECANTSPOISSON FLATSRANDOM POINTS AND SETS ON A SPHEREPATTERN RECOGNITIONRANDOM SEARCHRANDOM COVERAGERANDOM PACKINGRANDOM CLUSTERSSTEREOLOGYESTIMATION OF PARTICLE SIZERANDOM SETSINTEGRAL GEOMETRYAGGLOMERATION PROBABILITIES.

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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 1974 , pp. 103 - 130
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1974 

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Note added in proof

Three recently published volumes contain many articles of interest is geometrical probability.

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