Approximation of Projections of Random Vectors

Journal of Theoretical Probability

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-352

  Meckes, Elizabeth ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Measure concentration; Projection pursuit; Random measures; Stein's method

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951845384     PISSN: 08949840     EISSN: 15729230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10959-010-0299-2     Document Type: Article

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