%0 Journal Article %T On the discrepancy of some generalized KakutaniĄ¯s sequences of partitions %A Michael Drmota %A Maria Infusino %J Uniform Distribution Theory %D 2012 %I Mathematical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences %X In this paper we study a class of generalized Kakutani's sequences of partitions of $[0,1]$, constructed by using the technique of successive $ ho-$refinements.Our main focus is to derive bounds for the discrepancy of these sequences. The approach that we use is based on a tree representation of the sequence of partitions which is precisely the parsing tree generated by Khodak's coding algorithm. With the help of this technique we derive (partly up to a logarithmic factor) optimal upper bound in the so-called rational case. The upper bounds inthe irrational case that we obtain are weaker, since they heavily depend on Diophantine approximation properties of a certain irrational number. Finally, we present an application of these results to a class of fractals. %K Uniform distribution discrepancy %K partitions %K KhodakĄ¯s algorithm %K KakutaniĄ¯s splitting %K rationally related numbers. %U http://www.boku.ac.at/MATH/udt/vol07/no1/04DrmInf.pdf