A survey of the statistical theory of shape
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: A survey of the statistical theory of shape
zbMATH Open document ID: 0672.60018
published in: Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV)
publication date: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Starting in 1977, the author has written a series of papers on mathematical and statistical aspects of shape [see e.g. Theory Probab. Appl. 31, 407-412 (1987; Zbl 0626.60016), and Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 16, 81-121 (1984; Zbl 0579.62100)]. In this paper a survey is given on that subject. In order to understand this theory of shape one has to know quite a lot of geometry. But it is not only abstract mathematics. There are many applications in other sciences where it can be useful as pointed out in the paper.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60D05
zbMATH DE Number: 4100275
zbMATH Keywords: statistical analysis of shape
zbMATH Keywords: shape-diffusions
zbMATH Keywords: archaeology
zbMATH Keywords: theory of shape
reviewed by: Lars Holst
MaRDI profile type: Publication
author: David George Kendall
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4100275