Gaussian polytopes: Variances and limit theorems

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 297-320

  Hug, Daniel ^a   Reitzner, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR DISKRETE MATHEMATIK UND GEOMETRIE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Convex hull; f vector; Gaussian sample; Geometric probability; Intrinsic volume; Law of large numbers; Limit theorem; Normal distribution; Random point; Stochastic geometry; Variance

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CONVEX HULL; GAUSSIAN POLYTOPE; GAUSSIAN SAMPLE; GEOMETRIC PROBABILITY; INTRINSIC VOLUME; RANDOM POINT; STOCHASTIC GEOMETRY;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 22244469768     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1118858627     Document Type: Article

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