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Adaptive sampling is an approach to sampling that uses heuristics to provide efficiency. The term adaptive sampling represents a general approach to the
Adaptive_sampling
DNA / RNA sequencing technique
algorithms for adaptive sequencing, like Guppy and MinKNOW. Tools such as ReadBouncer enhance the scalability and accuracy of adaptive sampling by quickly
Nanopore_sequencing
Computational statistics technique
Rejection Sampling". Biometrika. 89 (4): 745–754. ISSN 0006-3444. Gilks, W. R.; Wild, P. (1992). "Adaptive Rejection Sampling for Gibbs Sampling". Journal
Rejection_sampling
Distribution estimation technique
sampling is also related to umbrella sampling in computational physics. Depending on the application, the term may refer to the process of sampling from
Importance_sampling
Selection of data points in statistics
business and medical research, sampling is widely used for gathering information about a population. Acceptance sampling is used to determine if a production
Sampling_(statistics)
Spatial anti-aliasing method
sub-pixels, and a sample is taken from the center of each. It is fast and easy to implement. Although, due to the regular nature of sampling, aliasing can
Supersampling
Type of heuristic technique
maintain and sample from a posterior distribution over models. As such, Thompson sampling is often used in conjunction with approximate sampling techniques
Thompson_sampling
Monitoring of the quality of the environment
primary types of soil sampling are grab sampling and composite sampling. Grab sampling involves the collection of an individual sample at a specific time
Environmental_monitoring
Monte Carlo algorithm
there are usually other methods (e.g. adaptive rejection sampling) that can directly return independent samples from the distribution, and these are free
Metropolis–Hastings_algorithm
Sampling methodology in statistics
In statistics, cluster sampling is a sampling plan used when mutually homogeneous yet internally heterogeneous groupings are evident in a statistical population
Cluster_sampling
Heuristic search algorithm for evaluating game trees
"recursive rolling out and backtracking" with "adaptive" sampling choices in their Adaptive Multi-stage Sampling (AMS) algorithm for the model of Markov decision
Monte_Carlo_tree_search
Statistics and machine learning technique
Bayesian Model Selection) package, the BAS (an acronym for Bayesian Adaptive Sampling) package, and the BMA package. Other packages implementing predictive
Ensemble_learning
Image-based volume rendering technique
advantage over the regular/even sampling strategy. However, adaptive ray casting upon a projection plane and adaptive sampling along each individual ray do
Volume_ray_casting
Probabilistic problem-solving algorithm
similar function or use adaptive routines such as stratified sampling, recursive stratified sampling, adaptive umbrella sampling or the VEGAS algorithm
Monte_Carlo_method
NASA Mars rover deployed in 2021
incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. "Adaptive sampling for rover x-ray lithochemistry" (PDF). David Ray Thompson. Archived
Perseverance_(rover)
Statistical selection process
probabilities (perhaps adapted probabilities specified by an adaptive procedure). Probability-based sampling allows design-based inference about the target population
Survey_sampling
Topics referred to by the same term
(ASCI) Accountable, Support, Consult, Inform (roles in a project) Adaptive Sampling Configuration Interaction, a method in quantum chemistry ASCII This
ASCI
Computer graphics method
choosing a small number of lights to sample. BVH light sampling, using a spatial tree data structure, can speed up sampling while taking locations of lights
Path_tracing
Sampling from a population which can be partitioned into subpopulations
In statistics, stratified sampling is a method of sampling from a population which can be partitioned into subpopulations. In statistical surveys, when
Stratified_sampling
Technique in mathematical modeling
"Model Reduction for Transport-Dominated Problems via Online Adaptive Bases and Adaptive Sampling". SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 42 (5): A2803–A2836
Model_order_reduction
Statistical sampling technique
This sampling scheme does not require more samples for more dimensions (variables); this independence is one of the main advantages of this sampling scheme
Latin_hypercube_sampling
Audio compression format optimized for speech coding
foo_input_amr Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) Extended Adaptive Multi-Rate – Wideband (AMR-WB+) Half Rate Full Rate Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) Sampling rate
Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec
Adaptive_Multi-Rate_audio_codec
Engineering model
Demeester, T. Dhaene, K. Crombecq, (2010), “A Surrogate Modeling and Adaptive Sampling Toolbox for Computer Based Design," Journal of Machine Learning Research
Surrogate_model
Superfamily of carnivoran mammals
"Lineage Diversity and Size Disparity in Musteloidea: Testing Patterns of Adaptive Radiation Using Molecular and Fossil-Based Methods". Systematic Biology
Musteloidea
Family of proprietary audio codecs owned by Qualcomm
allows aptX Adaptive at 279 kbit/s and 420 kbit/s to produce the same sound quality as aptX at 352 kbit/s and aptX HD at 576 kbit/s. aptX Adaptive supports
AptX
Distributed computing project simulating protein folding
parallelizing methods, longer trajectories do not require adaptive sampling to sufficiently sample the protein's phase space. Due to this, it is possible
Folding@home
applications that are preparing to scale to 1 ExaFLOP/s The profiler uses adaptive sampling methods to identify process counters and activities and combines data
Arm_MAP
Cost-Effective Site Characterization and Cleanup [1] US-DOE, 2001. Adaptive Sampling and Analysis Programs (ASAPs). Report DOE/EM-0592 [2] "CLU-IN | Technologies
Triad_(environmental_science)
Probability distribution of the possible sample outcomes
contexts, only one sample (i.e., a set of observations) is observed, but the sampling distribution can be found theoretically. Sampling distributions are
Sampling_distribution
Perception achieved by touch
The deadband has an important application in designing perceptually adaptive sampling mechanisms for haptic data compression, which is required for transmitting
Haptic_perception
Narrowband analog-to-digital conversion
Adaptive predictive coding (APC) is a narrowband analog-to-digital conversion that uses a one-level or multilevel sampling system in which the value of
Adaptive_predictive_coding
Algorithm
Slice sampling is a type of Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for pseudo-random number sampling, i.e. for drawing random samples from a statistical distribution
Slice_sampling
Type of clustering of data points
Cococcioni, Marco; Lazzerini, Beatrice; Lermusiaux, Pierre (2015-05-18). "Adaptive sampling using fleets of underwater gliders in the presence of fixed buoys
Fuzzy_clustering
American mechanical and aerospace engineer
Sampling Network. In 2006, she led the Adaptive Sampling and Prediction project, which used 10 underwater vehicles to form an automated and adaptive ocean
Naomi_Leonard
Scientific computer simulation method
newer methods such as adaptively biased molecular dynamics, adaptive reaction coordinate forces and local elevation umbrella sampling. More recently, both
Metadynamics
Signal processing technique to reduce noise
s(t) unchanged. The iterative adaptive algorithms used in adaptive filtering require only an ongoing sequence of sampling measurements at the weight inputs
Adaptive_noise_cancelling
Optical property
MIT OpenCourseWare. Zhang, Wenhui; Zhang, Hao; Jin, Guofan (2020). "Adaptive-sampling angular spectrum method with full utilization of space-bandwidth product"
Fresnel_number
Statistical considerations on how many observations to make
complicated sampling techniques, such as stratified sampling, the sample can often be split up into sub-samples. Typically, if there are H such sub-samples (from
Sample_size_determination
flux sampling (FFS), generalized splitting, adaptive multilevel splitting (AMS), stochastic-process rare-event sampling (SPRES), line sampling, subset
Rare_event_sampling
Form of computer-based test that adapts to the examinee's ability level
all examinees, computer-adaptive tests require fewer test items to arrive at equally accurate scores. The basic computer-adaptive testing method is an iterative
Computerized_adaptive_testing
Technology that records, stores, and reproduces sound
a specified sampling rate and converts at a known bit resolution. CD audio, for example, has a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz (44,100 samples per second),
Digital_audio
Model used to visualise relationship between genotypes and reproductive success
allowing the adaptive topography to shift through time or across changing environments. Rather than a fixed topography, seascapes describe adaptive surfaces
Fitness_landscape
Statistical property
standard deviation of its sampling distribution. The standard error is often used in calculations of confidence intervals. The sampling distribution of a mean
Standard_error
Sequence generation sampling technique
Top-p sampling, also known as nucleus sampling, is a stochastic decoding strategy for generating sequences from autoregressive probabilistic models. It
Top-p_sampling
Computer graphics 3D reference model
Cornell Box website Tamstorf, Rasmus; Jensen, Henrik Wann (1996). "Adaptive Sampling and Bias Estimation in Path Tracing" (PDF). Technical University of
Cornell_box
Autonomous vehicle simulation method
S. (2023). Testing Rare Downstream Safety Violations via Upstream Adaptive Sampling of Perception Error Models. Proceedings of the IEEE International
Perception_error_model
Closed volume that completely contains the union of a set of objects
1109/2945.675649. Erol, Ali, et al. "Visual Hull Construction Using Adaptive Sampling." WACV/MOTION. 2005. POV-Ray Documentation [1] G. Zachmann: Rapid
Bounding_volume
Audio codec
Extended Adaptive Multi-Rate – Wideband (AMR-WB+) is an audio codec that extends AMR-WB. It adds support for stereo signals and higher sampling rates. Another
Extended Adaptive Multi-Rate – Wideband
Extended_Adaptive_Multi-Rate_–_Wideband
Science of characterizing uncertainties
Simulation-based methods: Monte Carlo simulations, importance sampling, adaptive sampling, etc. General surrogate-based methods: In a non-intrusive approach
Uncertainty_quantification
System whose behavior is not automatically predictable from its parts
emerge from interactions among adaptive agents, and may be influenced but not precisely controlled. The term complex adaptive systems, or complexity science
Complex_adaptive_system
Statistical method
error, etc.) to sample estimates. This technique allows estimation of the sampling distribution of almost any statistic using random sampling methods. Bootstrapping
Bootstrapping_(statistics)
Numerical technique
perform a Monte Carlo integration, such as uniform sampling, stratified sampling, importance sampling, sequential Monte Carlo (also known as a particle
Monte_Carlo_integration
Species of amphibian
Eiseman, Charles S. (2015-03-23). Cimmaruta, Roberta (ed.). "Temporally Adaptive Sampling: A Case Study in Rare Species Survey Design with Marbled Salamanders
Marbled_salamander
Restricted model of non-universal quantum computation
boson sampling device, which makes it a non-universal approach to linear optical quantum computing. Moreover, while not universal, the boson sampling scheme
Boson_sampling
Signal processing system
An adaptive beamformer is a system that performs adaptive spatial signal processing with an array of transmitters or receivers. The signals are combined
Adaptive_beamformer
Resource problem in machine learning
actions (Tokic & Palm, 2011). Adaptive epsilon-greedy strategy based on Bayesian ensembles (Epsilon-BMC): An adaptive epsilon adaptation strategy for
Multi-armed_bandit
System with self-optimizing transfer function
complexity of the optimization algorithms, almost all adaptive filters are digital filters. Adaptive filters are required for some applications because some
Adaptive_filter
Technique used in optical systems
Cittert–Zernike theorem#Adaptive optics Wavefront Wavefront sensor William Happer, adaptive optics pioneer Beckers, J.M. (1993). "Adaptive Optics for Astronomy:
Adaptive_optics
Digital representation of sampled analog signals
fidelity to the original analog signal: the sampling rate, which is the number of times per second that samples are taken; and the bit depth, which determines
Pulse-code_modulation
Technique used to encode voices in telephony
Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation (ADPCM) is a variant of differential pulse-code modulation (DPCM) that varies the size of the quantization
Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation
Adaptive_differential_pulse-code_modulation
Statistical measure of how far values spread from their average
statistical inference, hypothesis testing, goodness of fit, and Monte Carlo sampling. The variance of a random variable X {\displaystyle X} is the expected
Variance
Statistical estimation method
stochastic options with fixed step sizes and sample numbers. It also offers adaptive time stepping and sampling algorithms, along with local and global optimization
Innovation_method
Calculation of complex statistical distributions
S2CID 5837272. Gilks, W. R.; Wild, P. (1992-01-01). "Adaptive Rejection Sampling for Gibbs Sampling". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C
Markov_chain_Monte_Carlo
Image segmentation algorithm
pixels. This category of methods is called local or adaptive thresholding. They are particularly adapted to cases where images have inhomogeneous lighting
Thresholding (image processing)
Thresholding_(image_processing)
Monte Carlo algorithm
In statistics, Gibbs sampling or a Gibbs sampler is a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm for sampling from a specified multivariate probability
Gibbs_sampling
Concept in medicine referring to design of clinical trials
mix. The PANDA (A Practical Adaptive & Novel Designs and Analysis toolkit) provides not only a summary of different adaptive designs, but also comprehensive
Adaptive_design_(medicine)
Statistical hypothesis test
where x ¯ {\displaystyle {\bar {x}}} is the sample mean, s is the sample standard deviation and n is the sample size. The degrees of freedom used in this
Student's_t-test
Statistical measure to determine how suited data is for factor analysis
Measure of Sampling Adequacy (MSA) of factor analytic data matrices in 1970. Kaiser and Rice then modified it in 1974. The measure of sampling adequacy
Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin_test
Signal conversion technique
an algorithm that varies the sampling rate to transmit fewer samples during periods of small signal variation. Adaptive delta modulation or Continuously
Delta_modulation
Middleware software suite
reconstruction and gradient reversal. This is then followed by a contrast adaptive sharpening pass (RCAS) to reintroduce detail into the final image. AMD
GPUOpen
American aerospace engineer
; Bachmayer, R.; Fratantoni, D.M. (2004). "Multi-AUV control and adaptive sampling in Monterey Bay". 2004 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (IEEE
Derek_A._Paley
Clinical trial design platform
acquired by Insightful Science. nQuery is used for adaptive clinical trial design. Trials with an adaptive design have been reported to be more efficient
NQuery_Sample_Size_Software
American electrical engineer (1929–2025)
fields of geophysics, adaptive antennas, and adaptive filtering. Widrow was the namesake of "Uncle Bernie's Rule": the training sample size should be ten
Bernard_Widrow
Method of statistical sampling
clear distinctions during sampling. This sampling method should be distinguished from cluster sampling, where a simple random sample of several entire clusters
Stratified_randomization
American computer scientist (born 1946)
compute epsilon-equilibria. Lipton and J. Naughton presented an adaptive random sampling algorithm for database querying which is applicable to any query
Richard_Lipton
X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to determine the elemental composition of Martian soil
to Focus X-Rays on Tiny Targets". NASA. Retrieved 31 July 2014. "Adaptive sampling for rover X-ray lithochemistry" (PDF). Archived from the original
Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry
Planetary_Instrument_for_X-Ray_Lithochemistry
Process of making something random
randomization (stratified sampling and stratified allocation) Block randomization Systematic randomization Cluster randomization Multistage sampling Quasi-randomization
Randomization
Technique for increasing rendering speed in computer graphics
Edwin Blake, Hardware Accelerated Visibility Preprocessing using Adaptive Sampling, Rendering Techniques 2004: Proceedings of the 15th Eurographics Symposium
Potentially_visible_set
Statistical model validation technique
random sub-sampling validation tends towards that of leave-p-out cross-validation. In a stratified variant of this approach, the random samples are generated
Cross-validation_(statistics)
Single measure of some attribute of a sample
A statistic (singular) or sample statistic is any quantity computed from values in a sample which is considered for a statistical purpose. Statistical
Statistic
Fine regolith found on the surface of Mars
to Focus X-Rays on Tiny Targets". NASA. Retrieved July 31, 2014. "Adaptive sampling for rover x-ray lithochemistry" (PDF). Archived from the original
Martian_regolith
Experiment methodology
routed to a stable backend, which is a common ingress control mechanism. Adaptive control Between-group design experiment Choice modelling Multi-armed bandit
A/B_testing
importance sampling method of variance reduction, does not require detailed knowledge of the system. The basic idea behind line sampling is to refine
Line_sampling
For designing software used in electronics and embedded systems
experiments allows controlling the process of surrogate modeling via an adaptive sampling plan. Sensitivity and Dependence analysis are used to filter non-informative
PSeven
Infraorder of mammals
"Lineage Diversity and Size Disparity in Musteloidea: Testing Patterns of Adaptive Radiation Using Molecular and Fossil-Based Methods". Systematic Biology
Arctoidea
Study of collection and analysis of data
designs and survey samples. Representative sampling assures that inferences and conclusions can reasonably extend from the sample to the population as
Statistics
two-dimensional (2D) adaptive filter is very much like a one-dimensional adaptive filter in that it is a linear system whose parameters are adaptively updated throughout
2D_adaptive_filters
Adjusting to and understanding change in a workplace
established eight dimensions of adaptive performance. Pulakos et al. proposed the following dimensions for adaptive performance: Handling emergencies
Adaptive_performance
Range to estimate an unknown parameter
interval (CI) is a range of values which is likely to contain (in repeated sampling) the true value of an unknown statistical parameter, such as a population
Confidence_interval
Statistical test comparing two probability distributions
test whether a sample came from a given reference probability distribution (one-sample K–S test), or to test whether or not two samples came from the same
Kolmogorov–Smirnov_test
Image upscaling technology by Nvidia
Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) is a suite of real-time deep learning image enhancement and upscaling technologies developed by Nvidia that are available
Deep_Learning_Super_Sampling
Multimedia information signaling
timestamp, even though video sampling rates are typically in the range of 1–60 samples per second. Although the sampling rate for G.722 is 16000, its
RTP_payload_formats
Type of sampling strategy
statistics, multistage sampling is the taking of samples in stages using smaller and smaller sampling units at each stage. Multistage sampling can be a complex
Multistage_sampling
Algorithm
"VEGAS: An Adaptive Multi-dimensional Integration Program". Cornell Preprint. CLNS 80-447. Ohl, T. (July 1999). "Vegas revisited: Adaptive Monte Carlo
VEGAS_algorithm
Measure of variation in statistics
{\left({\frac {N-1}{2}}\right)}}}.} This arises because the sampling distribution of the sample standard deviation follows a (scaled) chi distribution, and
Standard_deviation
Process of using data analysis for predicting population data from sample data
also of importance: in survey sampling, use of sampling without replacement ensures the exchangeability of the sample with the population; in randomized
Statistical_inference
Statistical hypothesis test
sampling distribution (if the null hypothesis is true) of the test statistic approximates a chi-squared distribution more and more closely as sample sizes
Chi-squared_test
Statistical methods for comparing samples
failure (i.e., a Bernoulli trial) and the sample sizes are large enough that the sampling distribution of each sample proportion is well approximated by the
Two-proportion_Z-test
Statistical oversampling method
Yang; Garcia, Edwardo A.; Li, Shutao (2008-06-01). "ADASYN: Adaptive synthetic sampling approach for imbalanced learning". 2008 IEEE International Joint
Synthetic minority oversampling technique
Synthetic_minority_oversampling_technique
Video compression format, succeeds H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
2016 draft of the screen content coding (SCC) extensions: Adaptive color transform. Adaptive motion vector resolution. Intra block copying. Palette mode
High_Efficiency_Video_Coding
ADAPTIVE SAMPLING
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic or habitational name, ultimately from the dative case, byrig, of Old English burh ‘stronghold’, ‘fortified place’ + man ‘man’.
Biblical
that makes captive
Girl/Female
Biblical
That makes captive.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Hotham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, named from a dative plural hÅdum of an Old English hÅd ‘shelter’.
Female
Irish
Dative case of Irish Gaelic Éire, ÉIRINN means "Ireland."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Coates, from the dative singular of cote, cott.Americanized spelling of German Koth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow. Compare Mead. The form meadow derives from mǣdwe, the dative case of Old English mǣd.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Somerset named Bradney, from Old English brÄd ‘broad’ (dative -an) + Ä“g ‘island’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Kelham in Nottinghamshire, so named from the dative plural of Old Norse kjǫlr ‘(place at) the ridges’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Field, from the dative plural of Old English feld ‘open country’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Hertfordshire or Oxfordshire called Albury, from Old English eald ‘old’ + byrig, dative of burh ‘stronghold’.
Biblical
respiration; conversion; taking captive;man sitting in Nob;dweller on the mount, he that predicts;
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Gemaryah, GEMARIAH means "God has accomplished." In the bible, this is the name of the son of Hilkiah who bore Jeremiah's letter to the captive Jews.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, named in Old English with the (otherwise unattested) personal name Tēodec + byrig, dative case of burh ‘fortified place’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Astbury in Cheshire, named from Old English ēast ‘east’ + burh ‘manor’, ‘stronghold’ (dative byrig).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places in northern England named with the dative plural form (used originally after a preposition) of Old Norse hlaða ‘barn’ (dative plural hlǫðum, i.e. ‘at the barns’), as for example Latham in West Yorkshire, Lathom in Lancashire, and Laytham in East Yorkshire.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Respiration, conversion, taking captive.
Biblical
who rests himself; who is now captive
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wick 1, from the Old English dative plural wīcum ‘at the outlying farm’.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Who rests himself, who is now captive'.
ADAPTIVE SAMPLING
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Boy/Male
Australian, Czech, Gaelic, Irish, Scottish, Swedish
Fighting Far Away; Place Name of a Village in Northeastern Scotland; Similar to Dallin Blind; Blind; From the Dales; Diminutive of Dalibor
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name for someone from Burgundy, Old French Bourgogne (see Burgoyne).Swiss German (Bürgin) : from a pet form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart).
Girl/Female
British, Christian, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Italian, Swedish
Prophetess; Oracle
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Pakistani
Right Side
Girl/Female
Indian
Charming, Beautiful, Famous, Passionate woman, Brilliance famous
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Name of a pious woman
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, German, Latin, Swedish
Belonging to God; Of the Lord
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Krishna
Female
French
Feminine form of French Fabien, FABIENNE means "like Fabius."
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Dear-eyed
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p. a.
Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.
n.
Adaptation.
a.
Adaptive.
a.
Captive; wretched; unfortunate.
a.
In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.
v. t.
To take prisoner; to capture.
a.
Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.
a.
Adaptive.
n.
Mutual adaption.
n.
The result of adapting; an adapted form.
n.
The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
imp. & p. p.
of Captive
a.
Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting.
a.
Additive.
a.
Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Adapt
n.
A captive; a prisoner.
a.
Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.
n.
The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Captive