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General shape distributions in a plane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

I. L. Dryden and
K. V. Mardia
I. L. Dryden
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
K. V. Mardia*
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Statistics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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Abstract

In this paper we investigate the exact shape distribution for general Gaussian labelled point configurations in two dimensions. The shape density is written in a closed form, in terms of Kendall's or Bookstein's shape variables. The distribution simplifies considerably in certain cases, including the complex normal, isotropic, circular Markov and equal means cases. Various asymptotic properties of the distribution are investigated, including a large variation distribution and the normal approximation for small variations. The triangle case is considered in particular detail, and we compare the density with simulated densities for some examples. Finally, we consider inference problems, with an application in biology.

Keywords

COMPLEX NORMALCYCLIC MARKOV PROCESSKENDALL SHAPE SPACELAGUERRE POLYNOMIALLEGENDRE POLYNOMIALPROCRUSTEAN DISTANCESHAPETRIANGLE

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Research Article
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Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , June 1991, pp. 259 - 276
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1991 

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