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		Survey Sampling Algorithms // Fast implementations of survey
		sampling algorithms for single-stage probability sampling from
		finite populations, written in C. Provides equal probability
		methods (simple random sampling, systematic, Bernoulli),
		unequal probability methods (conditional Poisson / maximum
		entropy, Sampford, Brewer, systematic PPS, Pareto, sequential
		Poisson, Poisson, Chromy's minimum replacement, multinomial),
		balanced sampling via the cube method, and spatially balanced
		sampling via the local pivotal method and spatially correlated
		Poisson sampling. All sampling functions return design objects
		carrying sample indices, inclusion probabilities, and design
		metadata. Generics compute joint inclusion probabilities,
		pairwise expectations, and sampling covariances for variance
		estimation. Mostly based on algorithms from Till (2006,
		doi:10.1007/0-387-34240-0).
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