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Estimation of oriented direction distribution of a planar body

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Jan Rataj*
Affiliation:
Charles University
*
Postal address: Mathematical Institute, Charles University, Sokolovská 83, 186 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic.

Abstract

Methods of estimation of the oriented direction distribution (i.e. the distribution of unit outer normals over the boundary) of a planar set from the convex ring are proposed. The methods are based on an estimation of the area dilation of the investigated set by chosen test sets.

Type
Stochastic Geometry and Statistical Applications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1996 

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Footnotes

Supported partially by the Grant Agency of Czech Republic, project No. 201/93/2172.

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