On decompositional algorithms for uniform sampling from \(n\)-spheres and \(n\)-balls

DOI10.1016/j.jmva.2010.06.002zbMath1205.65029OpenAlexW2052891110MaRDI QIDQ604345

Radoslav Harman, Vladimír Lacko

Publication date: 10 November 2010

Published in: Journal of Multivariate Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2010.06.002

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmssimulationMonte Carlonormal distributionuniform distributionbeta distribution\(n\)-sphereuniform sampling\(n\)-ball

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Uses Software

• R
• Ziggurat
• rnorrexp

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