Asymptotics for Euclidean functionals with power-weighted edges

Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 289-304

  Redmond, C ^a   Yukich, J E ^b,c  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Christmas Saucon Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary processes; Combinatorial optimization; Euclidean functional; Minimal matching; Minimal spanning tree; Rates of convergence; Traveling salesman problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030077266     PISSN: 03044149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4149(95)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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