Maximum entropy sampling
Maximum entropy sampling
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DOI:
10.1080/02664768700000020
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
M. Shewry;H. Wynn
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作者:
M. Shewry;H. Wynn
There are several distinct strands of research in the history of optimum or efficient data collection. Within the area of experimental design the British School started with the work of R. A. Fisher & F. Yates in agricultural field trials and led to a huge literature in combinatorial design. The American decision theoretic school developed out of the foundations of statistical design theory laid down by A. Wald. Within this, two rather distinct strands emerged: the theory of optimum design of J. Wolfowitz & J. Kiefer and the information theory approach of D. Blackwell, L. Le Cam and DV Lindley. These have been studied recently under the banner of Bayesian design of experiments (see Chaloner, 1984, for detailed discussion). The wider field of data collection must include survey sampling. Spatial sampling can be considered as a merging of ideas from survey sampling and optimum design. A recent article which draws together many of the ideas is Ylvisaker (1986). In the present paper a simple criterion and examples are presented in a deliberate attempt to understand the spectrum between controlled experiment and more passive observation. This contrast has been discussed with some philosophical references in Wynn (1982a). The other distinction which we hope to illuminate is that between observation on a finite, closed, system and observation in an infinite or wider environment.