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Plate and line segment processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

N. A. Fava  and
L. A. Santaló
N. A. Fava
Affiliation:
University of Buenos Aires
L. A. Santaló
Affiliation:
University of Buenos Aires
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Abstract

Random processes of convex plates and line segments imbedded in R 3 are considered in this paper, and the expected values of certain random variables associated with such processes are computed under a mean stationarity assumption, by resorting to some general formulas of integral geometry.

Keywords

GEOMETRICAL PROBABILITYINTEGRAL GEOMETRYRANDOM SETSCONVEX PLATESLINE SEGMENTSPOISSON DISTRIBUTION

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 1978 , pp. 494 - 501
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1978 

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