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An elementary renewal theorem for random compact convex sets

Part of: General convexity Special processes Geometric probability and stochastic geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Ilya S. Molchanov ,
Edward Omey  and
Eugene Kozarovitzky
Ilya S. Molchanov*
Affiliation:
CWI, Amsterdam
Edward Omey*
Affiliation:
EHSAL, Brussels
Eugene Kozarovitzky*
Affiliation:
Niiravtoprom, Kiev
*
* Present address: Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
** Postal address: EHSAL, Stormstraat 2, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
*** Postal address: Niiravtoprom, Dept. PMO, Predslavinskaja 28, 252145 Kiev, Ukraine.
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Abstract

A set-valued analog of the elementary renewal theorem for Minkowski sums of random closed sets is considered. The corresponding renewal function is defined as where are Minkowski (element-wise) sums of i.i.d. random compact convex sets. In this paper we determine the limit of H(tK)/t as t tends to infinity. For K containing the origin as an interior point, where hK (u) is the support function of K and is the set of all unit vectors u with EhA (u) > 0. Other set-valued generalizations of the renewal function are also suggested.

Keywords

AUMANN EXPECTATIONMINKOWSKI ADDITIONRENEWAL FUNCTION

MSC classification

Primary: 60D05: Geometric probability and stochastic geometry
Secondary: 52A22: Random convex sets and integral geometry 60K05: Renewal theory

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Type
Stochastic Geometry and Statistical Applications
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , December 1995 , pp. 931 - 942
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1995 

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Footnotes

Supported in part by the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany.

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