Nonprobability samplingSampling is the use of a subset of the population to represent the whole population or to inform about (social) processes that are meaningful beyond the particular cases, individuals or sites studied. Probability sampling, or random sampling, is a sampling technique in which the probability of getting any particular sample may be calculated. In cases where external validity is not of critical importance to the study's goals or purpose, researchers might prefer to use nonprobability sampling.
Cluster samplingIn statistics, cluster sampling is a sampling plan used when mutually homogeneous yet internally heterogeneous groupings are evident in a statistical population. It is often used in marketing research. In this sampling plan, the total population is divided into these groups (known as clusters) and a simple random sample of the groups is selected. The elements in each cluster are then sampled. If all elements in each sampled cluster are sampled, then this is referred to as a "one-stage" cluster sampling plan.
Fountain codeIn coding theory, fountain codes (also known as rateless erasure codes) are a class of erasure codes with the property that a potentially limitless sequence of encoding symbols can be generated from a given set of source symbols such that the original source symbols can ideally be recovered from any subset of the encoding symbols of size equal to or only slightly larger than the number of source symbols. The term fountain or rateless refers to the fact that these codes do not exhibit a fixed code rate.
Survey samplingIn statistics, survey sampling describes the process of selecting a sample of elements from a target population to conduct a survey. The term "survey" may refer to many different types or techniques of observation. In survey sampling it most often involves a questionnaire used to measure the characteristics and/or attitudes of people. Different ways of contacting members of a sample once they have been selected is the subject of survey data collection.
Tornado codeIn coding theory, Tornado codes are a class of erasure codes that support error correction. Tornado codes require a constant C more redundant blocks than the more data-efficient Reed–Solomon erasure codes, but are much faster to generate and can fix erasures faster. Software-based implementations of tornado codes are about 100 times faster on small lengths and about 10,000 times faster on larger lengths than Reed–Solomon erasure codes. Since the introduction of Tornado codes, many other similar erasure codes have emerged, most notably Online codes, LT codes and Raptor codes.
Loi logistiqueEn probabilité et en statistiques, la loi logistique est une loi de probabilité absolument continue à support infini utilisé en régression logistique et pour les réseaux de neurones à propagation avant. Son nom de loi logistique est issu du fait que sa fonction de répartition est une fonction logistique. La loi logistique a deux paramètres μ et s > 0 et sa densité est Sa fonction de répartition est Son espérance et sa variance sont données par les formules suivantes : La loi logistique standard est la loi logistique de paramètres 0 et 1.
Code d'effacementEn théorie de l'information, un code d'effacement est un code de correction d'erreur directe pour le canal binaire d'effacement qui transforme un message composé de symboles en un message plus long composé de symboles tel que le message original peut être retrouvé à partir d'un sous-ensemble de ces symboles. La fraction est appelé « débit du code ». La fraction , où représente le nombre de symboles requis pour restaurer le message est appelée efficacité de la réception.
Error correction codeIn computing, telecommunication, information theory, and coding theory, forward error correction (FEC) or channel coding is a technique used for controlling errors in data transmission over unreliable or noisy communication channels. The central idea is that the sender encodes the message in a redundant way, most often by using an error correction code or error correcting code (ECC). The redundancy allows the receiver not only to detect errors that may occur anywhere in the message, but often to correct a limited number of errors.
Sample mean and covarianceThe sample mean (sample average) or empirical mean (empirical average), and the sample covariance or empirical covariance are statistics computed from a sample of data on one or more random variables. The sample mean is the average value (or mean value) of a sample of numbers taken from a larger population of numbers, where "population" indicates not number of people but the entirety of relevant data, whether collected or not. A sample of 40 companies' sales from the Fortune 500 might be used for convenience instead of looking at the population, all 500 companies' sales.
Loi de GumbelEn théorie des probabilités, la loi de Gumbel (ou distribution de Gumbel), du nom d'Émil Julius Gumbel, est une loi de probabilité continue. La loi de Gumbel est un cas particulier de la loi d'extremum généralisée au même titre que la loi de Weibull ou la loi de Fréchet. La loi de Gumbel est une approximation satisfaisante de la loi du maximum d'un échantillon de variables aléatoires indépendantes toutes de même loi, dès que cette loi appartient, précisément, au domaine d'attraction de la loi de Gumbel.
