EXACT SIMULATION OF A BOOLEAN MODEL

A Boolean model is a union of independent objects (compact random subsets) located at Poisson points. Two algorithms are proposed for simulating a Boolean model in a bounded domain. The first one applies only to stationary models. It generates the objects prior to their Poisson locations. Two exampl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christian Lantuéjoul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis 2013-06-01
Series:Image Analysis and Stereology
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Online Access:http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/978
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Summary:A Boolean model is a union of independent objects (compact random subsets) located at Poisson points. Two algorithms are proposed for simulating a Boolean model in a bounded domain. The first one applies only to stationary models. It generates the objects prior to their Poisson locations. Two examples illustrate its applicability. The second algorithm applies to stationary and non-stationary models. It generates the Poisson points prior to the objects. Its practical difficulties of implementation are discussed. Both algorithms are based on importance sampling techniques, and the generated objects are weighted.
ISSN:1580-3139
1854-5165