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Distribution estimation technique
Importance sampling is a Monte Carlo method for evaluating properties of a particular distribution, while only having samples generated from a different distribution than the distribution of interest. Its introduction in statistics is generally attributed to a paper by Teun Kloek and Herman K. van Dijk in 1978, but its precursors can be found in statistical physics as early as 1949. Importance sampling is also related to umbrella sampling in computational physics. Depending on the application, the term may refer to the process of sampling from this alternative distribution, the process of inference, or both. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Importance samplingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A review and assessment of importance sampling methods for reliability analysisInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: International convention to facilitate the importation of commercial samples and advertising materialThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Annealed importance samplingCited 780 times
- Go sideways: Outline of statisticsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Markov chain Monte CarloA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Annealed importance sampling
Importance sampling in structural systems
Importance Sampling for Stochastic Simulations
Metropolized independent sampling with comparisons to rejection sampling and importance sampling
Importance sampling: a review
Neural Importance Sampling
Adaptive Multiple Importance Sampling
Multifidelity importance sampling
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📚 Books worth reading
- 📕International convention to facilitate the importation of commercial samples and advertising materialGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) · 1952
- 📕Customs: E.C.S. carnets for commercial samplesCustoms Co-operation Council. · 1969
- 📕Customs convention regarding E.C.S. carnets for commercial samples, with Protocol of signature, Brussels, March 1, 1956Customs Co-operation Council · 1956
- 📕Customs convention regarding E.C.S. carnets for commercial samples, Brussels, 1st March, 1956 ...Customs Co-operation Council · 1960
- 📕Customs convention regarding carnets for commercial samples, with protocol of signature, Brussels, March 1, 1956Customs Co-operation Council · 1959
- 📕International convention to facilitate the importation of commercial samples and advertising material, Geneva, November 7, 1952General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) · 1955
- 📕International convention to facilitate the importation of commercial samples and advertising material ...United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization). International convention to facilitate the importation of commercial samples and advertising material · 1956
- 📕International convention to facilitate the importation of commercial samples and advertising material, Geneva, November 7, 1952[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)] · 1969
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