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Cell shape analysis of random tessellations based on Minkowski tensors
Soft Condensed Matter · Submitted 24 Jun 2016
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The authors' main claim We find that shape indices of individual cells are not sufficient to unambiguously identify the generating process even amongst this limited set of processes.
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To which degree are shape indices of individual cells of a tessellation characteristic for the stochastic process that generates them? Within the context of stochastic geometry and the physics of disordered materials, this corresponds to the question of relationships between different stochastic models. In the context of image analysis of synthetic and biological materials, this question is central to the problem of inferring information about formation processes from spatial measurements of resulting random structures. We address this question by a theory-based simulation study of shape indices derived from Minkowski tensors for a variety of tessellation models. We focus on the relationship between two indices: an isoperimetric ratio of the empirical averages of cell volume and area and the cell elongation quantified by eigenvalue ratios of interfacial Minkowski tensors. Simulation data for these quantities, as well as for distributions thereof and for correlations of cell shape and volume, are presented for Voronoi mosaics of the Poisson point process, determinantal and permanental point processes, and Gibbs hard-core and random sequential absorption processes as well as for Laguerre tessellations of polydisperse spheres and STIT- and Poisson hyperplane tessellations. These data are complemented by mechanically stable crystalline sphere and disordered ellipsoid packings and area-minimising foam models. We find that shape indices of individual cells are not sufficient to unambiguously identify the generating process even amongst this limited set of processes. However, we identify significant differences of the shape indices between many of these tessellation models. Given a realization of a tessellation, these shape indices can narrow the choice of possible generating processes, providing a powerful tool which can be further strengthened by density-resolved volume-shape correlations.
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| s0 | To which degree are shape indices of individual cells of a tessellation characteristic for the stochastic process that generates them? | background 0.87 | 0.04 | 0.02 | unclear 0.98 |
| s1 | Within the context of stochastic geometry and the physics of disordered materials, this corresponds to the question of relationships between different stochastic models. | background 0.99 | 0.04 | 0.02 | asserted 0.98 |
| s2 | In the context of image analysis of synthetic and biological materials, this question is central to the problem of inferring information about formation processes from spatial measurements of resulting random structures. | background 1.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | We address this question by a theory-based simulation study of shape indices derived from Minkowski tensors for a variety of tessellation models. | contribution 0.60 | 0.93 | 0.03 | asserted 0.92 |
| s4 | We focus on the relationship between two indices: an isoperimetric ratio of the empirical averages of cell volume and area and the cell elongation quantified by eigenvalue ratios of interfacial Minkowski tensors. | method 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.03 | asserted 0.85 |
| s5 | Simulation data for these quantities, as well as for distributions thereof and for correlations of cell shape and volume, are presented for Voronoi mosaics of the Poisson point process, determinantal and permanental point processes, and Gibbs hard-core and random sequential absorption processes as well as for Laguerre tessellations of polydisperse spheres and STIT- and Poisson hyperplane tessellations. | method 0.79 | 0.90 | 0.02 | asserted 0.98 |
| s6 | These data are complemented by mechanically stable crystalline sphere and disordered ellipsoid packings and area-minimising foam models. | method 0.88 | 0.76 | 0.02 | asserted 0.91 |
| s7 | We find that shape indices of individual cells are not sufficient to unambiguously identify the generating process even amongst this limited set of processes. | result 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.79 | asserted 1.00 |
| s8 | However, we identify significant differences of the shape indices between many of these tessellation models. | result 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.13 | asserted 1.00 |
| s9 | Given a realization of a tessellation, these shape indices can narrow the choice of possible generating processes, providing a powerful tool which can be further strengthened by density-resolved volume-shape correlations. | interpretation 0.97 | 0.72 | 0.34 | asserted 0.87 |
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To which degree are shape indices of individual cells of a tessellation characteristic for the stochastic process that generates them? Within the context of stochastic geometry and the physics of disordered materials, this corresponds to the question of relationships between different stochastic models. In the context of image analysis of synthetic and biological materials, this question is central to the problem of inferring information about formation processes from spatial measurements of resulting random structures. We address this question by a theory-based simulation study of shape indices derived from Minkowski tensors for a variety of tessellation models. We focus on the relationship between two indices: an isoperimetric ratio of the empirical averages of cell volume and area and the cell elongation quantified by eigenvalue ratios of interfacial Minkowski tensors. Simulation data for these quantities, as well as for distributions thereof and for correlations of cell shape and volume, are presented for Voronoi mosaics of the Poisson point process, determinantal and permanental point processes, and Gibbs hard-core and random sequential absorption processes as well as for Laguerre tessellations of polydisperse spheres and STIT- and Poisson hyperplane tessellations. These data are complemented by mechanically stable crystalline sphere and disordered ellipsoid packings and area-minimising foam models. We find that shape indices of individual cells are not sufficient to unambiguously identify the generating process even amongst this limited set of processes. However, we identify significant differences of the shape indices between many of these tessellation models. Given a realization of a tessellation, these shape indices can narrow the choice of possible generating processes, providing a powerful tool which can be further strengthened by density-resolved volume-shape correlations.
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