rejection sampling

noun

Definitions

  1. A technique used to generate observations from a distribution by repeatedly sampling an…

    A technique used to generate observations from a distribution by repeatedly sampling an approximation function that bounds the distribution everywhere from above and rejecting the samples based on the quotient of the two functions at the sample's location.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rejection sampling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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