The occurrence of fingerprint characteristics as a two-dimensional poisson process
Title:
The occurrence of fingerprint characteristics as a two-dimensional poisson process
Author:
Sclove, Stanley L.
Appeared in:
Communications in statistics
Paging:
Volume 9 (1980) nr. 7 pages 675-695
Year:
1980
Contents:
The individuality of n fingerprint is based on the configuration of occurences of the ten Galton characteristics ( ridge endings, forks, etc. ). A model ( Osterburg, Parthasarthy, Raghavan, Sclove, 1977 ) for the occurence of these characteristics, in terms of a grid of cells, is further developed. The occurence of the characteristics is modelled as a two-dimensional multivariate Poisson process. This approach allows one to treat multiple occurrences in a more satisfying way than in Osterburg, Parthasarathy, Raghavan and Sclove ( 1977 ) or Sclove ( 1978 )
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