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Record 1 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

In computing, the alias method is a family of efficient algorithms for sampling from a discrete probability distribution ...

CONT

The trick in the alias method is to convert [the] sampling problem, in which outcomes have varied probabilities, into something more like sampling from a uniform distribution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Méthode qui redistribue la masse de probabilité uniformément sur les entiers.

CONT

[...] la méthode de l'alias permet de générer des réalisations d'une variable aléatoire discrète pouvant prendre un nombre fini de valeurs différentes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
OBS

Este método sólo es válido para variables cuya probabilidad está concentrada en un número finito de puntos.

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