sampling

This more sophisticated sampling technique reduces the minimum distance required for the 2-approximation guarantee to hold, without increasing the algorithm's overall computational complexity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

But he surely understood that this was an incautiously brief period of measurement, for the river’s annual flow was wildly variable, ranging from about 9.1 million to 25 million acre-feet during the 20-year sampling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Smaller bowls encourage sampling; larger ones let guests settle in with their favorites.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

China is planning its own sampling mission to Mars, set to launch in 2028.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

One night we were sampling the herring when I heard Janina say, “Hello.”

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

This is the first show devoted to this period, and it introduces an early Ray Johnson that is quite different from the one known for his later gritty samplings of popular culture.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

Mr. McLaughlin said good rules of thumb for pollsters are to use voter lists, rather than random samplings of adults.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2022

Because satellite measurements are not direct samplings of pollution particles, researchers must use a statistical conversion process that at least one study showed can involve a lot of error.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2022

Arbitrators reinstate about half of the fired officers whose appeals they consider, according to separate reviews of samplings of cases by The Times and a law professor.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2020

I’ve always admired those reporters who can descend on an area, talk to key people, ask key questions, take samplings of opinions, and then set down an orderly report very like a road map.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck