Quantifying Disorder in Point Patterns
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-31 v4
Abstract
Disorder in point patterns can be quantified by means of the complexity, rather than in terms of geometric attributes of pattern structure. A complexity-based disorder-quantifying statistic indicates the practical difficulties associated with modeling processes that produce jammed patterns, particularly with the assessment of model fit and with the simulation of high-intensity hard-core patterns.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0711.3040,
title = {Quantifying Disorder in Point Patterns},
author = {Jeffrey Picka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.3040},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, no figures; further revised to focus on essential ideas