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A Novel Quota Sampling Algorithm for Generating Representative Random Samples given Small Sample Size

A Novel Quota Sampling Algorithm for Generating Representative Random Samples given Small Sample Size

Ahmed M. Fouad, Mohamed Saleh, Amir F. Atiya
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 17
ISSN: 2160-9772|EISSN: 2160-9799|EISBN13: 9781466631540|DOI: 10.4018/ijsda.2013010105
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Fouad, Ahmed M., et al. "A Novel Quota Sampling Algorithm for Generating Representative Random Samples given Small Sample Size." IJSDA vol.2, no.1 2013: pp.97-113. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijsda.2013010105

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Fouad, A. M., Saleh, M., & Atiya, A. F. (2013). A Novel Quota Sampling Algorithm for Generating Representative Random Samples given Small Sample Size. International Journal of System Dynamics Applications (IJSDA), 2(1), 97-113. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijsda.2013010105

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Fouad, Ahmed M., Mohamed Saleh, and Amir F. Atiya. "A Novel Quota Sampling Algorithm for Generating Representative Random Samples given Small Sample Size," International Journal of System Dynamics Applications (IJSDA) 2, no.1: 97-113. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijsda.2013010105

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Abstract

In this paper, a novel algorithm is proposed for sampling from discrete probability distributions using the probability proportional to size sampling method, which is a special case of Quota sampling method. The motivation for this study is to devise an efficient sampling algorithm that can be used in stochastic optimization problems -- when there is a need to minimize the sample size. Several experiments have been conducted to compare the proposed algorithm with two widely used sample generation methods, the Monte Carlo using inverse transform, and quasi-Monte Carlo algorithms. The proposed algorithm gave better accuracy than these methods, and in terms of time complexity it is nearly of the same order.

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