SAMPLING FROM LOG-CONCAVE DISTRIBUTIONS

成果类型:
Article
署名作者:
Frieze, Alan; Kannan, Ravi; Polson, Nick
署名单位:
Carnegie Mellon University; Telcordia Technologies; Carnegie Mellon University; University of Chicago
刊物名称:
ANNALS OF APPLIED PROBABILITY
ISSN/ISSBN:
1050-5164
DOI:
10.1214/aoap/1177004973
发表日期:
1994
页码:
812-837
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摘要:
We consider the problem of sampling according to a distribution with log-concave density F over a convex body K subset of R-n. The sampling is dine using a biased random walk, and polynomial upper bounds on the time to get a sample point with disribution close to F.