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A note on stochastic domination and conditional thinning

Part of: Stochastic processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Sandeep R. Shah
Sandeep R. Shah*
Affiliation:
University of Warwick
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Email address: strci@csv.warwick.ac.uk
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Abstract

This note investigates the simulation algorithm proposed by van Lieshout and van Zwet (2001). It is seen that this algorithm generally produces biased samples; the nature of this bias is further explored in a technical report by the author.

Keywords

Perfect samplingconditional Boolean modelconditional thinningstrict stochastic domination

MSC classification

Primary: 60G55: Point processes
Secondary: 60G99: None of the above, but in this section
Type
Stochastic Geometry and Statistical Applications
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 35 , Issue 4 , December 2003 , pp. 937 - 940
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 2003 

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