Constructing Random Probability Distributions
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Abstrac: This article surveys several classes of iterative methods for constructing random probability distributions (or random convex functions, or random home omorphisms), and includes illustrative applications in statistics, optimal-control theory, and game theory. Computer simulations of these methods are fast and easy to implement.
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