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Efficient simulation from a gamma distribution with small shape parameter

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  • Chuanhai Liu

    (Purdue University)

  • Ryan Martin

    (North Carolina State University)

  • Nick Syring

    (North Carolina State University)

Abstract

Simulating from a gamma distribution with small shape parameter is a challenging problem. Towards an efficient method, we obtain a limiting distribution for a suitably normalized gamma distribution when the shape parameter tends to zero. Then this limiting distribution provides insight to the construction of a new, simple, and highly efficient acceptance–rejection algorithm. The proposed method is fast and comparisons based on acceptance rates show that it is more efficient than existing acceptance–rejection methods.

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  • Chuanhai Liu & Ryan Martin & Nick Syring, 2017. "Efficient simulation from a gamma distribution with small shape parameter," Computational Statistics, Springer, vol. 32(4), pages 1767-1775, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:compst:v:32:y:2017:i:4:d:10.1007_s00180-016-0692-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s00180-016-0692-0
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