Computational methods for optimum stratification

Computational methods for optimum stratification: A review

Computational methods for optimum stratification: A review. Er, Sebnem. Istanbul University, Quantitative Methods Department. Avcilar. Istanbul (34320),Turkey.

A Procedure for Computing Optimal Stratum Boundaries and ...

Several other numerical and computational methods [5], [7]–[29] have been ... Modern approach to optimum stratification: Review and perspectives.

Optimum Stratification Using Mathematical Programming Approach

Over the past many years several computational methods have been developed to obtain stratification points. This paper reviews the ...

Optimum Stratification Using Mathematical Programming Approach

The strata may be constructed either on the basis of study variable itself or by using some other variable(s) closely related with study ...

Determining the Optimum Stratum Boundaries Using Mathematical ...

The problem of finding the OSB, which minimizes the variance of the estimated population mean under a weighted stratified balanced sampling, is ...

Determining the optimum strata boundary points using dynamic ...

Optimum stratification is the method of choosing the best boundaries that make strata internally homogeneous, given some sample allocation. In order to make the ...

STRATE: A microcomputer program for designing optimal stratified ...

A method for delimiting strata boundaries in an optimal way using dynamic programming is described in mathematical terms. A computational procedure built ...

WAY OPTIMAL STRATIFICATION USING DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING

Even if the method involves the use of the recursive Functional Equation of Bellman, DP can be implemented on a computer using either a language that allows ...

A COMPARISON OF APPROXIMATE OPTIMAL STRATIFICATION ...

To achieve this, we can determine the optimum stratum boundaries. Many procedures were developed to obtain this optimum boundary, and several ...

Optimum strata boundaries and sample sizes in health surveys ...

This stratification problem is formulated into a Mathematical Programming Problem (MPP) that seeks minimization of the variance of the estimated ...

Heuristic approach applied to the optimum stratification problem

The method is based on the variable neighborhood search metaheuristic, which was combined with an exact method. Numerical experiments were ...

A microcomputer program for designing optimal stratified sampling ...

A method for delimiting strata boundaries in an optimal way using dynamic programming is described in mathematical terms. A computational procedure built ...

Optimum Stratiﬁcation of a Skewed Population - CORE

A numerical example is presented to illustrate the computational details of the proposed method. The proposed technique is useful to obtain OSB and OSS for a ...

Mathematical programming formulations for the optimal stratification ...

One proposed formulation determines the optimal cutoff points considering classical allocation methods from the literature, and a second ...

Optimum Stratification: A Mathematical Programming Approach

Heuristic algorithm for univariate stratification problem · Constructing efficient strata boundaries in stratified sampling using ... · Optimum stratum boundaries ...

The Efficiency of Optimum Stratification Methods on ... - jstor

are difficult to apply to practical solutions due to the heavy computational work involved. As a result of this a number of approximations have been ...

Determining the optimum strata boundaries with constant cost factor

Abstract: The aim of survey design is to obtain optimum precision at minimum cost. Stratification is one of the commonly used methods of survey design.

OPTIMUM STRATIFICATION FOR TWO STUDY VARIABLES FOR ...

Because of their implicit nature, the equations giving OPS are trivial to solve and, therefore, a few methods of finding approximately optimum ...

Comparison of the Efficiency of the Various Algorithms in Stratified ...

As a result the main problem arising in stratified sampling is to obtain the optimum boundaries. Several numerical and computational methods have been developed ...

Optimum Stratification in Bivariate Auxiliary Variables under ...

The stratification will be conducted based on auxiliary variables. For numerical illustration of the proposed method, two different ...