Journal article

On simulation of random vectors by given densities in regions and on their boundaries

KA Borovkov

Journal of Applied Probability | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | Published : 1994

Abstract

We suggest a new universal method of stochastic simulation, allowing us to generate rather efficiently random vectors with arbitrary densities in a connected open region or on its boundary. Our method belongs to the class of dynamic Monte Carlo procedures and is based on a special construction of a Markov chain on the boundary of the region. Its remarkable feature is that this chain admits a simple simulation, based on a universal (depending only on the dimensionality of the space) stochastic driver.

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