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On connected component Markov point processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Y. C. Chin*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia
A. J. Baddeley*
Affiliation:
The University of Western Australia
*
Postal address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia.
Postal address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia.

Abstract

We note some interesting properties of the class of point processes which are Markov with respect to the ‘connected component’ relation. Results in the literature imply that this class is closed under random translation and independent cluster generation with almost surely non-empty clusters. We further prove that it is closed under superposition. A wide range of examples is also given.

Type
Stochastic Geometry and Statistical Applications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1999 

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