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Module variance

Module variance 

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Variance reduction techniques for Monte Carlo simulation.

This module provides several variance reduction methods:

  • Antithetic Variates: Use negatively correlated pairs to reduce variance
  • Control Variates: Use correlated variables with known mean
  • Importance Sampling: Reweight samples from a different distribution

Structs§

AntitheticVariates
Configuration for antithetic variates estimator.
ControlVariates
Configuration for control variates estimator.
ImportanceSampling
Configuration for importance sampling.

Functions§

antithetic_pair
Generate an antithetic pair of uniform variates.
control_variate_estimate
Estimate using control variates.
importance_sample
Compute importance sample with weight.