Multiparameter Bernoulli Factories
Probability
2022-02-16 v1 Discrete Mathematics
Data Structures and Algorithms
Abstract
We consider the problem of computing with many coins of unknown bias. We are given samples access to coins with \emph{unknown} biases and are asked to sample from a coin with bias for a given function . We give a complete characterization of the functions for which this is possible. As a consequence, we show how to extend various combinatorial sampling procedures (most notably, the classic Sampford Sampling for -subsets) to the boundary of the hypercube.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2202.07216,
title = {Multiparameter Bernoulli Factories},
author = {Renato Paes Leme and Jon Schneider},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.07216},
year = {2022}
}