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Large Deviations Inequalities for Unequal Probability Sampling Without Replacement

Probability 2024-11-07 v1 Computer Science and Game Theory Other Statistics

Abstract

We provide bounds on the tail probabilities for simple procedures that generate random samples _without replacement_, when the probabilities of being selected need not be equal.

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@article{arxiv.2411.03955,
  title  = {Large Deviations Inequalities for Unequal Probability Sampling Without Replacement},
  author = {Dean P. Foster and Sergiu Hart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.03955},
  year   = {2024}
}
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