On a partition with a lower expected $\mathcal{L}_2$-discrepancy than classical jittered sampling

Abstract

We prove that classical jittered sampling of the $d$-dimensional unit cube does not yield the smallest expected $\mathcal{L}_2$-discrepancy among all stratified samples with $N=m^d$ points. Our counterexample can be given explicitly and consists of convex partitioning sets of equal volume.