eprintid: 433 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 5 dir: disk0/00/00/04/33 datestamp: 2011-03-09 lastmod: 2013-07-05 07:35:27 status_changed: 2013-07-05 07:35:27 type: techreport metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Martini, Anna creators_name: Marchi, Luca creators_name: Franceschetti, Massimo creators_name: Massa, Andrea title: Stochastic Ray Propagation in Stratified Random Lattices – Comparative Assessment of Two Mathematical Approaches ispublished: pub subjects: TU full_text_status: public keywords: Percolation theory, Stochastic ray tracing, Optical ray propagation, Stratified random media abstract: In this report, ray propagation in stratified semi-infinite percolation lattices consisting of a succession of uniform density layers is considered. The final version of this article is available at the url of the journal PIER: http://www.jpier.org/PIER/ date: 2007-01 date_type: published institution: University of Trento department: informaticat refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Franceschetti, M., J. Bruck, and L. Schulman, "A random walk model of wave propagation," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., Vol. 52, No. 5, 1304-1317, 2004. 2. Marano, S. and M. Franceschetti, "Ray propagation in a random lattice: a maximum entropy, anomalous diffusion process," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 53, No. 6, 1888-1896, 2005. 3. Ishimaru, A. Wave Propagation and Scattering in Random Media, IEEE Press, 1997., 1997. 4. Franceschetti, G., S. Marano, and F. Palmieri, "Propagation without wave equation toward an urban area model," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., Vol. 47, No. 9, 1393-1404, 1999. 5. Grimmett, G., Percolation, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1989. 6. Norris, J. R., Markov Chains, Cambridge University Press, 1998. 7. Ross, R. M., Stochastic Processes, J. Wiley, New York, 1983. 8. Martini, A., M. Franceschetti, and A. Massa, Percolation-based approaches for ray-optical propagation in inhomogeneous random distributions of discrete scatterers, 1st European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2006), 6-10, 2006. 9. Martini, A., M. Franceschetti, and A. Massa, A percolation model for the wave propagation in non-uniform random media, 9th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA 05), 12-16, 2005. 10. Martini, A., M. Franceschetti, and A. Massa, "Ray propagation in a nonuniform random lattice," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Vol. 23, No. 9, 2251-2261, 2006. citation: Martini, Anna and Marchi, Luca and Franceschetti, Massimo and Massa, Andrea (2007) Stochastic Ray Propagation in Stratified Random Lattices – Comparative Assessment of Two Mathematical Approaches. [Technical Report] document_url: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/433/1/DISI-11-067.pdf