{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Alias method - Newikis","description":"In computing, the alias method is a family of efficient algorithms for sampling from a discrete probability distribution, published in 1974 by Alastair J. Walker. That is, it returns integer values 1 ≤ i ≤ n according to some arbitrary discrete probability distribution pi. The algorithms typically…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Alias_Table.png","thumbnail_width":1128,"thumbnail_height":1178}