Optimal Design in Geostatistics under Preferential Sampling

Determination of Optimal Sampling Design for Spatial Data Analysis

Extended Abstract. Inferences for spatial data are affected substantially by the spatial configuration of the network of sites where measurements are taken. Consider the following standard data-model framework for spatial data. Suppose a continuous, spatially-varying quantity, Z, is to be observed at a predetermined number, n, of points ....[ To Countinue Click here]

Design of Economic Optimal Double Sampling Design with Zero Acceptance Numbers

  In zero acceptance number sampling plans, the sample items of an incoming lot are inspected one by one. The proposed method in this research follows these rules: if the number of nonconforming items in the first sample is equal to zero, the lot is accepted but if the number of nonconforming items is equal to one, then second sample is taken and the policy of zero acceptance number would be ap...

THE EFFECTS OF INITIAL SAMPLING AND PENALTY FUNCTIONS IN OPTIMAL DESIGN OF TRUSSES USING METAHEURISTIC ALGORITHMS

Although Genetic algorithm (GA), Ant colony (AC) and Particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) have already been extended to various types of engineering problems, the effects of initial sampling beside constraints in the efficiency of algorithms, is still an interesting field. In this paper we show that, initial sampling with a special series of constraints play an important role in the conv...

Optimal Calibration Estimators under Two-phase Sampling

Asymptotically Optimal Simulation Allocation under Dependent Sampling

under Dependent Sampling Xiaoping Xiong The Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-1815, USA, [email protected] Sandeep Juneja School of Technology and Computer Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India 400005, [email protected] Michael C. Fu The Robert H. Smith School of Business, Institute for Systems Research, University of ...