Explorations in Monte Carlo Methods 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Shonkwiler, Ronald W. (Author), Mendivil, Franklin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1489983791 ISBN-13: 9781489983794 Publisher: Springer PG OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Discrete Mathematics - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General - Computers | Mathematical & Statistical Software |
Dewey: 519.5 |
Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.80 lbs) 243 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Monte Carlo methods are among the most used and useful computational tools available today, providing efficient and practical algorithims to solve a wide range of scientific and engineering problems. Applications covered in this book include optimization, finance, statistical mechanics, birth and death processes, and gambling systems. Explorations in Monte Carlo Methods provides a hands-on approach to learning this subject. Each new idea is carefully motivated by a realistic problem, thus leading from questions to theory via examples and numerical simulations. Programming exercises are integrated throughout the text as the primary vehicle for learning the material. Each chapter ends with a large collection of problems illustrating and directing the material. This book is suitable as a textbook for students of engineering and the sciences, as well as mathematics. |