sampling

boltzmann_sampling

boltzmann_sampling(numbers, k=1, with_replacement=False)

Return k numbers from a boltzmann-sampling over the supplied numbers

• numbers : List or np.ndarray

  numbers to sample

• k : int

  Default: 1

  How many numbers to sample. Choosing k=None will yield a single number

• with_replacement : Boolean Default: False

  Allow replacement or not

Returns: list, np.ndarray or a single number (depending on the input)

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weighted_sampling

weighted_sampling(numbers, k=1, with_replacement=False)

Return k numbers from a weighted-sampling over the supplied numbers

• numbers : List or np.ndarray

  numbers to sample

• k : int

  Default: 1

  How many numbers to sample. Choosing k=None will yield a single number

• with_replacement : Boolean

  Default: False

  Allow replacement or not

Returns: list, np.ndarray or a single number (depending on the input)