Coverage of the whole space

Citation
Molchanov, Ilya et Scherbakov, Vadim, Coverage of the whole space, Advances in applied probability , 35(2), 2003, pp. 898-912
ISSN journal
00018678
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
2003
Pages
898 - 912
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
Consider an inhomogeneous germ- grain model with spherical grains whose radi depend on their positions through a rate function, possibly perturbed by a random noise. We find the critical rate function that separates the cases when the germ-grain model covers the whole space with a positive probability and when the total coverage occurs with probability zero.