Random Polytopes

New Perspectives in Stochastic Geometry

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Reitzner, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convex hulls; Deviation; Functionals; Limit theorems; Random points; Random polytopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920034477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232574.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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