Quantifying Disorder in Point Patterns
arXiv:0711.3040
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.
9 pages, no figures; further revised to focus on essential ideas