Population Monte Carlo has been introduced as a sequential importance sampling technique to overcome poor fit of the importance function. In this paper, we compare the performances of the original Population Monte Carlo algorithm with a modified version that eliminates the influence of the transition particle via a double Rao-Blackwellisation. This modification is shown to improve the explorati...

This work examines a newly developed dynamic air sampling technique, known as HighSurface Area Solid Phase Micro Extraction (HSA-SPME), in sampling and analysis of chemical warfare agent surrogate and degradation compounds. The polymer coating of this device has 10 times the surface area of commercially available SPME fibers, and at high sample flow rates (4 L·min) provided increased extraction...

Double robust extreme ranked set sampling (DRERSS) and its properties for estimating the population median are suggested. The performance of DRERSS with respect to simple random sampling (SRS), ranked set sampling (RSS) and extreme ranked set sampling (ERSS) schemes is considered. Real data set that consist of heights of 346 students are used to evaluate the DRERSS method. It is found that when...

BACKGROUND Sampling methods have proven to be a very efficient and intuitive method to understand properties of complicated spaces that cannot easily be computed using deterministic methods. Therefore, sampling methods became a popular tool in the applied sciences. RESULTS Here, we show that sampling methods are not an appropriate tool to analyze qualitative properties of complicated spaces u...

A chromium electroplating bath with the ability to produce homogenous mist was used to evaluate parameters influencing hexavalent chromium (Cr+6) mist sampling methods. The results of 48 Cr+6mist samples collected using the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health method 7600...

Today, in the rangeland management science and determination of rangecapacity, accurate and true information about range production is crucial. In fact, rangeproduction is considered as a basis for range management. The aim of this study was tocompare different methods for the estimation of forage production with four samplingmethods in the rangelands of Kurdistan province, Iran. The sampling m...

We compared 2 sampling strategies designed to estimate abundance of double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus, hereafter cormorants) on aquaculture ponds in western Mississippi. Cormorants are a major predator of cultured channel catfi sh (Ictalurus punctatus) in this region; thus, estimating cormorant abundance is needed to better determine their economic impact. We independently design...