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Invariance principle for the deviation between the probability content and the interior point proportion of a random convex hull

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Bruno Massé*
Affiliation:
Université du Littoral, Dunkerque
*
Postal address: Université du Littoral, 9, Quai de la Citadelle – B.P. 1022, 59375 – Dunkerque Cedex 1, France.

Abstract

The quadratic mean of the deviation between the probability content and the interior point proportion of a random convex hull in is investigated. We obtain, in particular, an explicit and distribution-independent bound.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1995 

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