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Stratified rejection and squeeze method for generating beta random numbers

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    H. Sakasegawa

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Sakasegawa, H. Stratified rejection and squeeze method for generating beta random numbers. Ann Inst Stat Math 35, 291–302 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02480984

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