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Mean Figures and Mean Shapes Applied to Biological Figure and Shape Distributions in the Plane
Author(s) -
Ziezold Herbert
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710360409
Subject(s) - mathematics , plane (geometry) , geometry , statistics , statistical physics , physics
Fundamental propositions for mean figures and mean shapes in the plane are proved by using complex numbers. A test of equality of two figure or shape distributions is introduced and applied to data from larvae of mussels and from saurian heads.