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Re:Vitter's reservoir sampling algorithm D: randomly selecti... by wodenokoto on Monday April 04, 2016 @03:43AM (#11420079)
On the other hand, you need the original names in order to reference back to the paper.
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Re:Vitter's reservoir sampling algorithm D: randomly selecti... by Gibbon1 on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:05AM (#11420155)
random_variate_y

:P

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