Source Word
rejection sampling
Noun
uncountable
usually
(computational
statistics,
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.
Japanese Meaning
計算統計学や数値解析で用いられる手法。ある分布からのサンプルを生成する際、分布を上から抑え込む（上界となる）近似関数を用いて候補となるサンプルを何度も取得し、候補サンプルの位置における近似関数と目的の分布との比率に基づいて、そのサンプルを採用するか否かを決定する方法。
Sense（1）
(computational
statistics,
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.
（ plural ）
