An Extension of Alias Sampling Method for Parametrized Probability Distributions

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 612-622

  Popescu, Lucreţiu M ^a  

^a Institute of Environmental Research and Engineering   (Romania)

Author keywords

Moli re; Monte Carlo; Multi scatter; Probability; Random variable; Sampling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; INTERPOLATION;

DISTRIBUTION-FUNCTIONS; FAST INTERPOLATION; LARGE AMOUNTS; MOLIÈRE; MONTE CARLO; MULTI-SCATTER; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY: DISTRIBUTIONS; SAMPLING METHOD; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 0346487554     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2000.6477     Document Type: Article

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