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Fast implementation of the Tukey depth

Abstract

This paper presents two new algorithms for fast calculating the Tukey depth of dimensions p3p \ge 3. The first algorithm is naive, and can compute \emph{exactly} the Tukey depth of a single point with complexity O(np1log(n))O\left(n^{p-1}\log(n)\right). Compared to the first, the second algorithm further utilizes the \emph{quasiconcave} of the Tukey depth function, and hence can be implemented with complexity less than O(12p2np1log(n))O\left(\frac{1}{2^{p-2}} n^{p-1}\log(n)\right). Both of them are of \emph{combinatorial} properties. Experiments show that the proposed algorithms require quite minimum memory and run much faster than the existing procedures.

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