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A limit theorem for statistics of spatial data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Adrian Baddeley*
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
*
Postal address: Statistical Laboratory, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1SB, U.K.

Abstract

A large class of statistics of planar and spatial data is closely connected with empirical distributions, which estimate ‘ergodic’ distributions of stationary random sets. The main result is a functional limit theorem concerning the deviation of the empirical distribution from the ‘true’ one. Examples in mathematical morphology are given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1980 

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