Acceptance-Rejection Method
Acceptance-Rejection method
The acceptance-rejection method is usually used when the inverse transform method is not directly applicable or is inefficient. Aim: To simulate a sample x of X with pdf fX.
1 Consider a random variable Y with pdf fY whose sample can be
simulated.
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