Constraint Violations in Stochastically Generated Data: Detection and Correction Strategies

<table>Sample space <svg height="17.3375" id="M252" style="vertical-align:-4.10045pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 45.849998 17.3375" width="45.849998" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> line are inter-variable constraint violations.</table>

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Figure 2: Constraint Violations in Stochastically Generated Data: Detection and Correction Strategies 