Paper No. 08-10
J Su, B Hill, WS Kendall and E Thonnes
Inference on Point Processes with Unobserved One-Dimensional Reference Structure
Date: April, 2008
Abstract: We present a novel approach to examining local anisotropy in planar point processes. Our method is based on a kernel Principal Component Analysis and produces a tensor field that describes local orientation. The approach is illustrated on ane example examining pore patterns in ink fingerprints.
Keywords: Fingerprint, pore pattern, point process, directional analysis, local anisotrophy, kernel PCA, tensor field, Rice formula.