Convex models of high dimensional discrete data

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 371-393

  Woodbury, Max A ^a   Manton, Kenneth G ^a   Tolley, H Dennis ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex duality; Convex sets; Grades of Membership; Polytopes; Probability mixtures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346836414     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003175232300     Document Type: Article

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