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Simulating from a gamma distribution with small shape parameter (1302.1884v3)
Published 7 Feb 2013 in stat.CO, math.ST, and stat.TH
Abstract: Simulating from a gamma distribution with small shape parameter is a challenging problem. Towards an efficient method, we obtain a limiting distribution for a suitably normalized gamma distribution when the shape parameter tends to zero. Then this limiting distribution provides insight to the construction of a new, simple, and highly efficient acceptance--rejection algorithm. Comparisons based on acceptance rates show that the proposed procedure is more efficient than existing acceptance--rejection methods.