Monte Carlo sampling methods form a cornerstone of contemporary statistical inference by enabling the approximation of complex integrals and posterior distributions that defy analytical solution. At ...

Ranked set sampling (RSS) is a sampling methodology designed to enhance the precision of parameter estimates by exploiting inexpensive or qualitative ranking of units prior to costly measurement. In ...

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