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A hybrid estimation of distribution algorithm for joint stratification and sample allocation

@article{OLuing2022AHE,
  title={A hybrid estimation of distribution algorithm for joint stratification and sample allocation},
  author={Mervyn O'Luing and Steven David Prestwich and Armagan Tarim},
  journal={ArXiv},
  year={2022},
  volume={abs/2201.04068}
}
In this study we propose a hybrid estimation of distribution algorithm (HEDA) to solve the joint stratification and sample allocation problem. This is a complex problem in which each the quality of each stratification from the set of all possible stratifications is measured its optimal sample allocation. EDAs are stochastic black-box optimization algorithms which can be used to estimate, build and sample probability models in the search for an optimal stratification. In this paper we enhance… 
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