DISTRIBUTIONS DETERMINED BY CUTTING A SIMPLEX WITH HYPERPLANES.

Abstract

A geometric derivation is given for the probability that a uniformly distributed random point in a simplex shall be on one side of a given hyperplane. The argument extends directly to several hyperplanes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1967
Accession Number
AD0655118

Entities

People

  • A. P. Dempster
  • Robert Kleyle

Organizations

  • Harvard University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Probability

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics