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A Sweep-Plane Algorithm for Generating Random Tuples in Simple Polytopes

A sweep-plane algorithm by Lawrence for convex polytope computation is adapted to generate random tuples on simple polytopes. In our method an affine hyperplane is swept through the given polytope until a random fraction (sampled from a proper univariate distribution) of the volume of the polytope is covered. Then the intersection of the plane with the polytope is a simple polytope with smaller dimension. In the second part we apply this method to construct a black-box algorithm for log-concave and T-concave multivariate distributions by means of transformed density rejection. (author's abstract) / Series: Preprint Series / Department of Applied Statistics and Data Processing

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:epub-wu-01_9d7
Date January 1997
CreatorsLeydold, Josef, Hörmann, Wolfgang
PublisherDepartment of Statistics and Mathematics, Abt. f. Angewandte Statistik u. Datenverarbeitung, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
Source SetsWirtschaftsuniversität Wien
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypePaper, NonPeerReviewed
Formatapplication/pdf
Relationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-98-01004-7, http://www.ams.org/mcom/1998-67-224/S0025-5718-98-01004-7, http://epub.wu.ac.at/476/

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