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SUMMARY:The Bernoulli Factory\, extensions and applications - Latuszynski\
 , KG (University of Warwick)
DTSTART:20140423T104000Z
DTEND:20140423T111500Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:The celebrated Bernoulli Factory problem can be phrased as fol
 lowing: Given a black box to simulate a p-coin with unknown p\, and given 
 known function f\, how to design an algorithm for sampling an f(p)-coin? S
 olving the Bernoulli Factory involves some elegant and enjoyable mathemati
 cs and somewhat surprisingly the problem shows up as a major burden in man
 y computational settings\, such as executing certain types of MCMC algorit
 hms. I will discuss some of these applications as well as extensions of th
 e Bernoulli Factory to more general random variables.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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