SamplingStrata

Authors Giulio Barcaroli, Marco Ballin, Hanjo Odendaal, Daniela Pagliuca, Egon Willighagen, Diego Zardetto

Last update 8 October 2025

Copyright license GNU General Public License, version 2.0, GNU General Public License, version 3.0

Software version identifier 1.5-4, PACKAGES.rds, 0.9-1, 0.9-2, 0.9-3, 0.9, 1.0-1, 1.0-2, 1.0-3, 1.0-4, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4-1, 1.4, 1.5-1, 1.5-2, 1.5-3, 1.5, 1.5-5

Official website http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/SamplingStrata/index.html

Source code repository https://github.com/cran/SamplingStrata

Description

Tools for the optimization of stratified sampling design. It determines a stratification of a sampling frame that minimizes sample cost while satisfying precision constraints in a multivariate and multidomain context. The approach relies on a genetic algorithm; each candidate partition of the frame is an individual whose fitness is evaluated via the Bethel-Chromy allocation to meet target precisions. Functions support analysis of optimization results, labeling of the frame with new strata, and drawing a sample according to the optimal allocation. Algorithmic components adapt code from the 'genalg' package. See M. Ballin and G. Barcaroli (2020) "R package SamplingStrata: new developments and extension to Spatial Sampling" <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2004.09366>.

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