• DocumentCode
    936128
  • Title

    Piecewise linear random paths on a plane and a central limit theorem

  • Author

    Kadota, T.T.

  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    3/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    241
  • Lastpage
    245
  • Abstract
    A piecewise linear random path from a sequence of line processes on a plane is constructed. It is shown that the entropy of such a path is maximized if the sequence of line processes are independent identically distributed, Poisson line processes. We also establish that the properly scaled (contracted) coordinates of a constantly moving object on a piecewise linear random path become asymptotically normal as time goes on if the sequence of line processes is independent identically distributed and satisfies certain conditions.
  • Keywords
    Entropy; Geometry; Marine-vehicle detection and tracking; Poisson processes; Stochastic processes; Chaos; Entropy; Information theory; Insects; Marine vehicles; Object detection; Piecewise linear techniques; Probability distribution; Random variables; Vectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1983.1056639
  • Filename
    1056639