StochasticGeometryandItsApplications,3rdEditionSungNokChiu,DietrichStoyan,WilfridS.Kendall,JosephMeckeISBN:978-0-470-66481-0582pagesJuly2013DescriptionAnextensiveupdatetoaclassictextStochasticgeometryandspatialstatisticsplayafundamentalroleinmanymodernbranchesofphysics,materialssciences,engineering,biologyandenvironmentalsciences.Theyoffersuccessfulmodelsforthedescriptionofrandomtwo-andthree-dimensionalmicroandmacrostructuresandstatisticalmethodsfortheiranalysis.Thepreviouseditionofthisbookhasservedasthekeyreferenceinitsfieldforover18yearsandisregardedasthebesttreatmentofthesubjectofstochasticgeometry,bothasasubjectwithvitalapplicationstospatialstatisticsandasaveryinterestingfieldofmathematicsinitsownright.Thisedition:Presentsawealthofmodelsforspatialpatternsandrelatedstatisticalmethods.Providesagreatsurveyofthemoderntheoryofrandomtessellations,includingmanynewmodelsthatbecametractableonlyinthelastfewyears.Includesnewsectionsonrandomnetworksandrandomgraphstoreviewtherecentevergrowinginterestintheseareas.Providesanexcellentintroductiontotheoryandmodellingofpointprocesses,whichcoverssomeverylatestdevelopments.Illustratetheforefronttheoryofrandomsets,withmanyapplications.Addsnewresultstothediscussionoffibreandsurfaceprocesses.Offersanupdatedcollectionofusefulstereologicalmethods.Includes700newreferences.Iswritteninanaccessiblestyleenablingnon-mathematicianstobenefitfromthisbook.Providesacompanionwebsitehostinginformationonrecentdevelopmentsinthefieldwww.wiley.com/go/cskmStochasticGeometryanditsApplicationsisideallysuitedforresearchersinphysics,materialsscience,biologyandecologicalsciencesaswellasmathematiciansandstatisticians.Itshouldalsoserveasavaluableintroductiontothesu
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