TREE-BASED MODELS FOR RANDOM DISTRIBUTION OF MASS

被引:58
作者
ALDOUS, D
机构
[1] Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, California
关键词
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM TREE; SUPERBROWNIAN PROCESS; LARGE DEVIATIONS; RECURSIVE SELF-SIMILARITY;
D O I
10.1007/BF01054343
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A mathematical model for distribution of mass in d-dimensional space, based upon randomly embedding random trees into space, is introduced and studied. The model is a variant of the super Brownian motion process studied by mathematicians. We present calculations relating to (i) the distribution of position of a typical mass element, (ii) moments of the center of mass, (iii) large-deviation behavior, and (iv) a recursive self-similarity property.
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页码:625 / 641
页数:17
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