Let $K$ be a convex body in $\mathbb{R} ^n$ and $f : \partial K \rightarrow \mathbb{R} _+$ a continuous, strictly positive function with $\int \limits _{\partial K} f(x) \mathrm{d} \mu _{\partial K}(x) = 1$. We give an upper bound for the approximation of $K$ in the symmetric difference metric by an arbitrarily positioned polytope $P_f$ in $\mathbb{R} ^n$ having a fixed number of vertices. This generalizes a result by Ludwig, Schütt and Werner [36]. The polytope $P_f$ is obtained by a random construction via a probability measure with density $f$. In our result, the dependence on the number of vertices is optimal. With the optimal density $f$, the dependence on $K$ in our result is also optimal.
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