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The sample size required in importance sampling

The sample size required in importance sampling

The goal of importance sampling is to estimate the expected value of a given function with respect to a probability measure $\nu$ using a random sample of size $n$ drawn from a different probability measure $\mu$. If the two measures $\mu$ and $\nu$ are nearly singular with respect to each …