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1 Random Closed Sets and Capacity Functionals |
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1 | (224) |
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1.1 Distributions of Random Sets |
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1 | (48) |
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1.1.1 Set-Valued Random Elements |
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1 | (5) |
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1.1.2 Capacity Functionals |
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6 | (9) |
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15 | (5) |
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1.1.4 Proofs of Choquet's Theorem |
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20 | (7) |
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27 | (4) |
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1.1.6 Further Functionals Related to Random Sets |
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31 | (7) |
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1.1.7 Separable Random Sets and Inclusion Functionals |
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38 | (6) |
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44 | (5) |
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1.2 The Lattice-Theoretic Framework |
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49 | (8) |
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1.2.1 Basic Constructions |
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49 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Existence of Measures on Partially Ordered Sets |
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50 | (4) |
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1.2.3 Locally Finite Measures on Posets |
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54 | (2) |
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1.2.4 Existence of Random Sets Distributions |
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56 | (1) |
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1.3 Measurability and Multifunctions |
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57 | (20) |
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1.3.1 Multifunctions in Metric Spaces |
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57 | (5) |
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1.3.2 Random Compact Sets in Polish Spaces |
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62 | (2) |
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1.3.3 The Effros σ-Algebra |
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64 | (3) |
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1.3.4 Distribution of Random Closed Sets in Polish Spaces |
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67 | (2) |
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1.3.5 Measurability of Set-Theoretic Operations |
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69 | (3) |
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1.3.6 Non-closed Random Sets |
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72 | (5) |
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1.4 Selections of Random Closed Sets |
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77 | (13) |
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1.4.1 Existence and Uniqueness |
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77 | (5) |
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1.4.2 Distributions of Selections |
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82 | (6) |
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1.4.3 Families of Selections |
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88 | (2) |
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1.5 Capacity Functionals and Properties of Random Closed Sets |
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90 | (22) |
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1.5.1 Invariance and Stationarity |
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90 | (4) |
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1.5.2 Regenerative Events |
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94 | (3) |
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1.5.3 The Expected Measure of a Random Set |
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97 | (3) |
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1.5.4 Hausdorff Dimension |
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100 | (4) |
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1.5.5 Comparison of Random Sets |
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104 | (4) |
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1.5.6 Transformation of Capacities |
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108 | (2) |
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1.5.7 Rearrangement Invariance |
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110 | (2) |
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1.6 Calculus with Capacities |
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112 | (15) |
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1.6.1 The Choquet Integral |
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112 | (8) |
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1.6.2 The Radon--Nikodym Theorem for Capacities |
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120 | (2) |
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1.6.3 Derivatives of Capacities |
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122 | (5) |
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127 | (19) |
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127 | (9) |
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1.7.2 Convergence Almost Surely and in Probability |
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136 | (4) |
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1.7.3 Probability Metrics |
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140 | (6) |
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146 | (15) |
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1.8.1 C-Additive Capacities |
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146 | (4) |
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1.8.2 Containment Functional |
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150 | (6) |
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1.8.3 Non-compact Random Convex Sets |
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156 | (5) |
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1.9 Point Processes and Random Measures |
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161 | (27) |
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1.9.1 Random Sets and Point Processes |
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161 | (9) |
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1.9.2 A Representation of Random Sets as Point Processes |
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170 | (5) |
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1.9.3 Random Sets and Random Measures |
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175 | (3) |
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178 | (3) |
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1.9.5 Robbins' Theorem for Random Capacities |
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181 | (7) |
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1.10 Various Interpretations of Capacities |
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188 | (37) |
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1.10.1 Non-additive Measures |
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188 | (4) |
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1.10.2 Upper and Lower Probabilities |
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192 | (6) |
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198 | (3) |
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1.10.4 Capacities in Robust Statistics |
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201 | (3) |
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204 | (21) |
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2 Expectations of Random Sets |
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225 | (92) |
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2.1 The Selection Expectation and Aumann Integral |
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225 | (53) |
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2.1.1 Integrable Selections and Decomposability |
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226 | (12) |
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2.1.2 The Selection Expectation |
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238 | (13) |
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2.1.3 Applications of the Selection Expectation |
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251 | (8) |
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2.1.4 Variants of the Selection Expectation |
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259 | (4) |
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2.1.5 Convergence of the Selection Expectations |
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263 | (7) |
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2.1.6 Conditional Expectation |
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270 | (8) |
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2.2 Further Definitions of Expectations |
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278 | (39) |
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2.2.1 General Methods of Defining Expectations |
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278 | (4) |
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2.2.2 The Vorob'ev Expectation |
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282 | (4) |
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286 | (4) |
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2.2.4 The Radius-Vector Expectation |
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290 | (1) |
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2.2.5 Expectations in Metric Spaces |
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291 | (7) |
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2.2.6 Convex Combination Spaces |
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298 | (1) |
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2.2.7 Sublinear and Superlinear Expectations |
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299 | (7) |
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306 | (11) |
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317 | (62) |
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3.1 The Strong Law of Large Numbers for Random Sets |
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317 | (27) |
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3.1.1 Minkowski Sums of Deterministic Sets |
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317 | (3) |
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3.1.2 The Strong Law of Large Numbers for Random Compact Sets |
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320 | (6) |
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3.1.3 Applications of the Strong Law of Large Numbers |
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326 | (9) |
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3.1.4 Non-identically Distributed Summands |
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335 | (4) |
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3.1.5 Non-compact Summands |
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339 | (5) |
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344 | (17) |
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3.2.1 The Central Limit Theorem for Minkowski Averages |
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344 | (6) |
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3.2.2 Gaussian Random Sets |
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350 | (4) |
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3.2.3 Minkowski Infinitely Divisible Random Compact Sets |
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354 | (3) |
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3.2.4 Stable Random Compact Sets |
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357 | (4) |
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3.3 Further Results Related to Minkowski Sums |
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361 | (18) |
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3.3.1 Convergence of Series |
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361 | (2) |
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363 | (4) |
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367 | (2) |
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369 | (4) |
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373 | (6) |
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379 | (72) |
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4.1 Infinite Divisibility and Stability for Unions |
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379 | (30) |
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4.1.1 Infinite Divisibility for Unions |
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379 | (7) |
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4.1.2 Scheme of Series for Unions of Random Closed Sets |
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386 | (2) |
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4.1.3 Infinite Divisibility of Lattice-Valued Random Elements |
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388 | (4) |
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4.1.4 Union-Stable Random Sets |
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392 | (6) |
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4.1.5 LePage Series Representation and Examples |
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398 | (6) |
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4.1.6 Non-multiplicative Normalisations |
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404 | (5) |
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4.2 Weak Convergence of Scaled Unions |
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409 | (15) |
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4.2.1 Stability of Limits |
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409 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Limit Theorems Under Regular Variation Conditions |
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410 | (7) |
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4.2.3 Necessary Conditions |
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417 | (3) |
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4.2.4 The Probability Metrics Method |
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420 | (4) |
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4.3 Convergence with Probability One |
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424 | (10) |
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4.3.1 Regularly Varying Capacities |
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424 | (2) |
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4.3.2 Almost Sure Convergence of Scaled Unions |
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426 | (3) |
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4.3.3 Unions of Random Compact Sets |
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429 | (3) |
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4.3.4 Functionals of Unions |
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432 | (2) |
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4.4 Convex Hulls and Intersections |
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434 | (17) |
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4.4.1 Infinite Divisibility for Convex Hulls |
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434 | (3) |
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437 | (3) |
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440 | (4) |
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444 | (7) |
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5 Random Sets and Random Functions |
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451 | (102) |
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5.1 Random Multivalued Functions |
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451 | (35) |
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5.1.1 Multivalued Martingales in Discrete Time |
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451 | (11) |
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5.1.2 Continuous Time Set-Valued Processes |
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462 | (11) |
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5.1.3 Special Classes of Set-Valued Processes |
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473 | (9) |
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5.1.4 Random Functions with Stochastic Domains |
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482 | (4) |
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5.2 Level and Excursion Sets of Random Functions |
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486 | (17) |
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5.2.1 Excursions of Random Fields |
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486 | (5) |
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5.2.2 Random Subsets of the Positive Half-Line and Filtrations |
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491 | (3) |
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5.2.3 Level Sets of Strong Markov Processes |
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494 | (7) |
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5.2.4 Set-Valued Stopping Times and Set-Indexed Martingales |
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501 | (2) |
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5.3 Semicontinuous Random Functions |
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503 | (50) |
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5.3.1 Epigraphs and Epi-Convergence |
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503 | (4) |
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5.3.2 Weak Epi-Convergence of Random Functions |
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507 | (11) |
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5.3.3 Stochastic Optimisation |
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518 | (5) |
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5.3.4 Epigraphs and Extremal Processes |
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523 | (9) |
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5.3.5 Increasing Set-Valued Processes of Excursion Sets |
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532 | (2) |
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5.3.6 Strong Law of Large Numbers for Epigraphical Sums |
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534 | (3) |
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5.3.7 Level Sums of Random Upper Semicontinuous Functions |
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537 | (3) |
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540 | (13) |
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553 | (60) |
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A Topological Spaces and Metric Spaces |
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553 | (7) |
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560 | (6) |
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566 | (5) |
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D Compact Sets and the Hausdorff Metric |
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571 | (8) |
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E Multifunctions and Semicontinuity |
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579 | (4) |
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F Measures and Probabilities |
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583 | (7) |
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590 | (5) |
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595 | (7) |
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I Semigroups, Cones and Harmonic Analysis |
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602 | (4) |
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606 | (7) |
References |
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613 | (36) |
Name Index |
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649 | (10) |
Subject Index |
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659 | (16) |
List of Notation |
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