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In mathematics, a low-discrepancy sequence is a sequence with the property that for all values of N, its subsequence x₁, ..., x_N has a low discrepancy.

Roughly speaking, the discrepancy of a sequence is low if the proportion of points in the sequence falling into an arbitrary set B is close to proportional to the measure of B, as would happen on average (but not for particular samples) in the case of an equidistributed sequence. Specific definitions of discrepancy differ regarding the choice of B (hyperspheres, hypercubes, etc.) and how the discrepancy for every B is computed (usually normalized) and combined (usually by taking the worst value).

Low-discrepancy sequences are also called quasi-random or sub-random sequences, due to their common use as a replacement of uniformly distributed random numbers. The "quasi" modifier is used to denote more clearly that the values of a low-discrepancy sequence are neither random nor pseudorandom, but such sequences share some properties of random variables and in certain applications such as the quasi-Monte Carlo method their lower discrepancy is an important advantage.

Generation methods

Because any distribution of random numbers can be mapped onto a uniform distribution, and subrandom numbers are mapped in the same way, this article only concerns generation of subrandom numbers on a multidimensional uniform distribution.

From random numbers

Sequences of subrandom numbers can be generated from random numbers by imposing a negative correlation on those random numbers. One way to do this is to start with a set of random numbers $r_{i}$ on $[0,0.5)$ and construct subrandom numbers $s_{i}$ which are uniform on $[0,1)$ using:

$s_{i}=r_{i}$ for $i$ odd and $s_{i}=0.5+r_{i}$ for $i$ even.

A second way to do it with the starting random numbers is to construct a random walk with offset 0.5 as in:

$s_{i}=s_{i-1}+0.5+r_{i}{\pmod {1}}.\,$

That is, take the previous subrandom number, add 0.5 and the random number, and take the result modulo 1.

For more than one dimension, Latin squares of the appropriate dimension can be used to provide offsets to ensure that the whole domain is covered evenly.

Coverage of the unit square. Left for additive subrandom numbers with c = 0.5545497..., 0.308517... Right for random numbers. From top to bottom. 10, 100, 1000, 10000 points.

Additive.

One standard method for producing numbers that approximate random numbers is to use the recurrence relation:

$r_{i}=ar_{i-1}+c{\pmod {m}}\,$

When $a$ and $m$ are both one this becomes an easy way to generate subrandom numbers:

$s_{i}=s_{i-1}+c{\pmod {1}}\,$

When $c$ is an irrational number this never repeats. The value of $c$ that produces the most even coverage of the domain [0,1) is:

$c={\frac {{\sqrt {5}}-1}{2}}.$

Another value that is nearly as good is:

$c={\sqrt {2}}-1.\,$

In more than one dimension, separate subrandom numbers are needed for each dimension. In higher dimensions one set of values that can be used is the square roots of primes from two up, all taken modulo 1:

$c={\sqrt {2}},{\sqrt {3}},{\sqrt {5}},{\sqrt {7}},{\sqrt {11}},\ldots \,$

Halton sequence

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1) Write $i$ and a number in base $b$, where $b$ is some prime. (For example, $i$ = 17 in base $b$ = 3 is 122.)

2) Reverse the digits and put a decimal point in front of the sequence (e.g. $s_{i}=0.122$ base 3 = ${1 \over 3}+{2 \over 9}+{2 \over 27}$).

To extend this to more dimensions use a different prime for each dimension, typically $b=2,3,5,7,11,\ldots$ are used in turn.

Sobol sequence

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Applications

Error in estimated kurtosis as a function of number of datapoints. 'Additive subrandom' gives the maximum error when c = (√5 − 1)/2. 'Random' gives the average error over six runs of random numbers, where the average is taken to reduce the magnitude of the wild fluctuations

Subrandom numbers have an advantage over pure random numbers in that they cover the domain of interest quickly and evenly. They have an advantage over purely deterministic methods in that deterministic methods only give high accuracy when the number of datapoints is pre-set whereas in using subrandom numbers the accuracy improves continually as more datapoints are added.

Two useful applications are in finding the characteristic function of a probability density function, and in finding the derivative function of a deterministic function with a small amount of noise. Subrandom numbers allow higher-order moments to be calculated to high accuracy very quickly.

Applications that don't involve sorting would be in finding the mean, standard deviation, skewness and kurtosis of a statistical distribution, and in finding the integral and global maxima and minima of difficult deterministic functions. Subrandom numbers can also be used for providing starting points for deterministic algorithms that only work locally, such as Newton–Raphson iteration.

Subrandom numbers can also be combined with search algorithms. A binary tree Quicksort-style algorithm ought to work exceptionally well because subrandom numbers flatten the tree far better than random numbers, and the flatter the tree the faster the sorting. With a search algorithm, subrandom numbers can be used to find the mode, median, confidence intervals and cumulative distribution of a statistical distribution, and all local minima and all solutions of deterministic functions.

low-discrepancy sequences in numerical integration

At least three methods of numerical integration can be phrased as follows. Given a set {x₁, ..., x_N} in the interval [0,1], approximate the integral of a function f as the average of the function evaluated at those points:

$\int _{0}^{1}f(u)\,du\approx {\frac {1}{N}}\,\sum _{i=1}^{N}f(x_{i}).$

If the points are chosen as x_i = i/N, this is the rectangle rule. If the points are chosen to be randomly (or pseudorandomly) distributed, this is the Monte Carlo method. If the points are chosen as elements of a low-discrepancy sequence, this is the quasi-Monte Carlo method. A remarkable result, the Koksma–Hlawka inequality (stated below), shows that the error of such a method can be bounded by the product of two terms, one of which depends only on f, and the other one is the discrepancy of the set {x₁, ..., x_N}.

It is convenient to construct the set {x₁, ..., x_N} in such a way that if a set with N+1 elements is constructed, the previous N elements need not be recomputed. The rectangle rule uses points set which have low discrepancy, but in general the elements must be recomputed if N is increased. Elements need not be recomputed in the Monte Carlo method if N is increased, but the point sets do not have minimal discrepancy. By using low-discrepancy sequences, the quasi-Monte Carlo method has the desirable features of the other two methods.

Definition of discrepancy

The discrepancy of a set P = {x₁, ..., x_N} is defined, using Niederreiter's notation, as

$D_{N}(P)=\sup _{B\in J}\left|{\frac {A(B;P)}{N}}-\lambda _{s}(B)\right|$

where λ_s is the s-dimensional Lebesgue measure, A(B;P) is the number of points in P that fall into B, and J is the set of s-dimensional intervals or boxes of the form

$\prod _{i=1}^{s}[a_{i},b_{i})=\{\mathbf {x} \in \mathbf {R} ^{s}:a_{i}\leq x_{i}<b_{i}\}\,$

where $0\leq a_{i}<b_{i}\leq 1$.

The star-discrepancy D^*_N(P) is defined similarly, except that the supremum is taken over the set J^* of rectangular boxes of the form

$\prod _{i=1}^{s}[0,u_{i})$

where u_i is in the half-open interval [0, 1).

The two are related by

$D_{N}^{*}\leq D_{N}\leq 2^{s}D_{N}^{*}.\,$

Graphical examples

The points plotted below are the first 100, 1000, and 10000 elements in a sequence of the Sobol' type. For comparison, 10000 elements of a sequence of pseudorandom points are also shown. The low-discrepancy sequence was generated by TOMS algorithm 659. An implementation of the algorithm in Fortran is available from Netlib.

The first 100 points in a low-discrepancy sequence of the Sobol' type.

The first 1000 points in the same sequence. These 1000 comprise the first 100, with 900 more points.

The first 10000 points in the same sequence. These 10000 comprise the first 1000, with 9000 more points.

For comparison, here are the first 10000 points in a sequence of uniformly distributed pseudorandom numbers. Regions of higher and lower density are evident.

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The Koksma–Hlawka inequality

Let Ī^s be the s-dimensional unit cube, Ī^s = [0, 1] × ... × [0, 1]. Let f have bounded variation V(f) on Ī^s in the sense of Hardy and Krause. Then for any x₁, ..., x_N in I^s = [0, 1) × ... × [0, 1),

$\left|{\frac {1}{N}}\sum _{i=1}^{N}f(x_{i})-\int _{{\bar {I}}^{s}}f(u)\,du\right|\leq V(f)\,D_{N}^{*}(x_{1},\ldots ,x_{N}).$

The Koksma-Hlawka inequality is sharp in the following sense: For any point set {x₁,...,x_N} in I^s and any $\epsilon >0$, there is a function f with bounded variation and V(f)=1 such that

$\left|{\frac {1}{N}}\sum _{i=1}^{N}f(x_{i})-\int _{{\bar {I}}^{s}}f(u)\,du\right|>D_{N}^{*}(x_{1},\ldots ,x_{N})-\epsilon .$

Therefore, the quality of a numerical integration rule depends only on the discrepancy D^*_N(x₁,...,x_N).

The formula of Hlawka-Zaremba

Let $D=\{1,2,\ldots ,d\}$. For $\emptyset \neq u\subseteq D$ we write

$dx_{u}:=\prod _{j\in u}dx_{j}$

and denote by $(x_{u},1)$ the point obtained from x by replacing the coordinates not in u by $1$. Then

${\frac {1}{N}}\sum _{i=1}^{N}f(x_{i})-\int _{{\bar {I}}^{s}}f(u)\,du=\sum _{\emptyset \neq u\subseteq D}(-1)^{|u|}\int _{[0,1]^{|u|}}{\rm {disc}}(x_{u},1){\frac {\partial ^{|u|}}{\partial x_{u}}}f(x_{u},1)dx_{u}.$

The $L^{2}$ version of the Koksma–Hlawka inequality

Applying the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for integrals and sums to the Hlawka-Zaremba identity, we obtain an $L^{2}$ version of the Koksma–Hlawka inequality:

$\left|{\frac {1}{N}}\sum _{i=1}^{N}f(x_{i})-\int _{{\bar {I}}^{s}}f(u)\,du\right|\leq \|f\|_{d}\,{\rm {disc}}_{d}(\{t_{i}\}),$

where

${\rm {disc}}_{d}(\{t_{i}\})=\left(\sum _{\emptyset \neq u\subseteq D}\int _{[0,1]^{|u|}}{\rm {disc}}(x_{u},1)^{2}dx_{u}\right)^{1/2}$

and

$\|f\|_{d}=\left(\sum _{u\subseteq D}\int _{[0,1]^{|u|}}\left|{\frac {\partial ^{|u|}}{\partial x_{u}}}f(x_{u},1)\right|^{2}dx_{u}\right)^{1/2}.$

The Erdős–Turán–Koksma inequality

It is computationally hard to find the exact value of the discrepancy of large point sets. The Erdős–Turán–Koksma inequality provides an upper bound.

Let x₁,...,x_N be points in I^s and H be an arbitrary positive integer. Then

$D_{N}^{*}(x_{1},\ldots ,x_{N})\leq \left({\frac {3}{2}}\right)^{s}\left({\frac {2}{H+1}}+\sum _{0<\|h\|_{\infty }\leq H}{\frac {1}{r(h)}}\left|{\frac {1}{N}}\sum _{n=1}^{N}e^{2\pi i\langle h,x_{n}\rangle }\right|\right)$

where

$r(h)=\prod _{i=1}^{s}\max\{1,|h_{i}|\}\quad {\mbox{for}}\quad h=(h_{1},\ldots ,h_{s})\in \mathbb {Z} ^{s}.$

The main conjectures

Conjecture 1. There is a constant c_s depending only on the dimension s, such that

$D_{N}^{*}(x_{1},\ldots ,x_{N})\geq c_{s}{\frac {(\ln N)^{s-1}}{N}}$

for any finite point set {x₁,...,x_N}.

Conjecture 2. There is a constant c^'_s depending only on s, such that

$D_{N}^{*}(x_{1},\ldots ,x_{N})\geq c'_{s}{\frac {(\ln N)^{s}}{N}}$

for at least one N for any infinite sequence x₁,x₂,x₃,....

These conjectures are equivalent. They have been proved for s ≤ 2 by W. M. Schmidt. In higher dimensions, the corresponding problem is still open. The best-known lower bounds are due to K. F. Roth.

The best known sequences

Constructions of sequences are known such that

$D_{N}^{*}(x_{1},\ldots ,x_{N})\leq C{\frac {(\ln N)^{s}}{N}}.$

where C is a certain constant, depending on the sequence. After Conjecture 2, these sequences are believed to have the best possible order of convergence. See also: van der Corput sequence, Halton sequences, Sobol sequences.

Lower bounds

Let s = 1. Then

$D_{N}^{*}(x_{1},\ldots ,x_{N})\geq {\frac {1}{2N}}$

for any finite point set {x₁, ..., x_N}.

Let s = 2. W. M. Schmidt proved that for any finite point set {x₁, ..., x_N},

$D_{N}^{*}(x_{1},\ldots ,x_{N})\geq C{\frac {\log N}{N}}$

where

$C=\max _{a\geq 3}{\frac {1}{16}}{\frac {a-2}{a\log a}}=0.023335\dots$

For arbitrary dimensions s > 1, K.F. Roth proved that

$D_{N}^{*}(x_{1},\ldots ,x_{N})\geq {\frac {1}{2^{4s}}}{\frac {1}{((s-1)\log 2)^{\frac {s-1}{2}}}}{\frac {\log ^{\frac {s-1}{2}}N}{N}}$

for any finite point set {x₁, ..., x_N}. This bound is the best known for s > 3.

Applications

• Integration
• Optimization
• Statistical sampling

References

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External links

• Collected Algorithms of the ACM (See algorithms 647, 659, and 738.)
• GNU Scientific Library Quasi-Random Sequences
• Quasi-random sampling subject to constraints at FinancialMathematics.Com

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