Thomas Lumley • 8/26/2024

Another way to not sample without replacement

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The article discusses ongoing work to improve R's `sample()` function by adding unequal sampling without replacement with exact marginal probabilities. It contrasts the current sequential method with proposed algorithms like Brewer's and the Efraimidis-Spirakis weighted reservoir sampling, explaining their mathematical properties and implementation challenges.

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