An efficient parallel algorithm for random sampling (Q1116335)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4088927
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An efficient parallel algorithm for random sampling
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4088927

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    An efficient parallel algorithm for random sampling (English)
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    A parallel algorithm for drawing an unbiased random sample of size M from a population of N elements where \(M\leq N\) is proposed. The algorithm runs in O(log M) time on a concurrent read, exclusive write (CREW) PRAM with M processors.
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    random sampling
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    parallel algorithm
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    CREW
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    PRAM
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