A SAMPLING STRATEGY TO ESTIMATE THE AREA AND PERIMETER OF IRREGULARLYSHAPED PLANAR REGIONS

Authors
GREGOIRE TG VALENTINE HT
Citation
Tg. Gregoire et Ht. Valentine, A SAMPLING STRATEGY TO ESTIMATE THE AREA AND PERIMETER OF IRREGULARLYSHAPED PLANAR REGIONS, Forest science, 41(3), 1995, pp. 470-476
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Forestry
Journal title
Forest science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0015749X
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
470 - 476
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-749X(1995)41:3<470:ASSTET>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The length of a randomly oriented ray emanating from an interior point of a planar region can be used to unbiasedly estimate the region's ar ea and perimeter. Estimators and corresponding variance estimators und er various selection strategies are presented.