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Fast implementation of the Tukey depth

Computation 2016-10-07 v3

Abstract

Tukey depth function is one of the most famous multivariate tools serving robust purposes. It is also very well known for its computability problems in dimensions p3p \ge 3. In this paper, we address this computing issue by presenting two combinatorial algorithms. The first is naive and calculates the Tukey depth of a single point with complexity O(np1log(n))O\left(n^{p-1}\log(n)\right), while the second further utilizes the quasiconcave of the Tukey depth function and hence is more efficient than the first. Both require very minimal memory and run much faster than the existing ones. All experiments indicate that they compute the exact Tukey depth.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1409.3901,
  title  = {Fast implementation of the Tukey depth},
  author = {Xiaohui Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.3901},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

16 pages, 13 figures

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