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Importance Sampling (IS)<br />

Let X = h(Y ) for some function h where Y obeys some probability<br />

law P.<br />

IS replaces P by another probability measure ˜P, using<br />

∫ ∫<br />

E[X] = h(y)dP(y) =<br />

h(y) dP(y)<br />

d˜P(y) d˜P(y) = Ẽ[h(Y )L(Y )]<br />

◮ L = dP/d˜P likelihood ratio,<br />

◮ Ẽ is the expectation associated with probability law ˜P.<br />

Required condition: d˜P(y) ≠ 0 when h(y)dP(y) ≠ 0.<br />

If P and ˜P continuous laws, L ratio <strong>of</strong> density functions f (y)/˜f (y).<br />

∫<br />

∫<br />

E[X] = h(y)f (y)dy = h(y) f (y) ˜f (y)dy = Ẽ[h(Y )L(Y )] .<br />

˜f (y)<br />

If P and ˜P are discrete laws, L ratio <strong>of</strong> indiv. prob p(y i )/˜p(y i )<br />

E[X] = ∑ i<br />

h(y i )p(y i ) = ∑ i<br />

h(y i ) p(y i)<br />

˜p(y i )˜p(y i) = Ẽ[h(Y )L(Y )] .<br />

G. Rubino (INRIA) <strong>Monte</strong> Carlo DEPEND 2010 36 / 72

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