Yeong and Torquato (1998) mention the problem of nonuniqueness,
i.e. the fact that even if the summary characteristics used in
the energy function are in good agreement this does not necessarily
fully ensure that reconstruction and original structures match
very well. To decrease the chances of such discrepancies it can
be recommended to include a good number of summary characteristics
in the energy function.
In future applications, we also plan to expand the number of
competition indices and, of course, to refine the definition of ZOI
by making its radius dependent on tree size.
It is important to bear in mind that the performance of the reconstruction
method depends on the spatial measures used in the energy
function and the pattern of tree locations in the plot. In some
cases, hastily chosen or unchecked edge-correction methods can
introduce more error than ignoring edge bias altogether (Pommerening
and Stoyan, 2006). Reconstruction thus also sheds light on
the nature of the information contained in structural summary characteristics
that are used in the energy function (Yeong and Torquato,
1998) and can help to identify the merits relative to other measures