Media type: E-Article Title: The thrown string: a Markov field approach Contributor: Willenborg, Leon Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1985 Published in: Advances in Applied Probability, 17 (1985) 3, Seite 607-622 Language: English DOI: 10.2307/1427122 ISSN: 0001-8678; 1475-6064 Keywords: Applied Mathematics ; Statistics and Probability Origination: Footnote: Description: A static model is proposed for a string thrown at random on a horizontal plane. The curvature of such a string is described by a Markov field that is derived from the Brownian bridge.