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rejection sampling

rejection sampling noun: 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.

Noun

rejection sampling (usually uncountable, plural rejection samplings)

  1. (usually, numerical analysis) 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.

Forms of rejection sampling

pluralrejection samplings

Questions about rejection sampling

What does rejection sampling mean?
Rejection sampling means 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.
What part of speech is rejection sampling?
Rejection sampling is a noun.
What is the plural of rejection sampling?
The plural of rejection sampling is rejection samplings.

Words near rejection sampling in the dictionary

  1. rejection
  2. rejection nuclei
  3. rejection nucleus
  4. rejection region
  5. rejection regions
  6. rejection sampling
  7. rejection samplings
  8. rejection sensitivity
  9. rejection sensitivity dysphoria
  10. rejection slip
  11. rejection slips

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