Applying the Horvitz-Thompson criterion in complex designs: A computer-intensive perspective for estimating inclusion probabilities

Biometrika

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-278

  Fattorini, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Independent replications; Monte Carlo methods; Sequential sampling scheme; Spatial and environmental sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745591098     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/93.2.269     Document Type: Article

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