An Introductory Note: For the Proceedings of the Gainesville, Florida, Symposium on Monte Carlo Methods

Abstract

The report is concerned with the Monte Carlo method as a tool of numerical analysis. The progress of the method from the late forties to the present is described. Early applications and the initial development of the sampling technique as well as the current state of the Monte Carlo method are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 24, 1955
Accession Number
AD0604958

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  • A. W. Marshall

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  • RAND Corporation

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Analogs
  • Data Science
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  • Equations
  • Hard Copy
  • Information Science
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Random Walk
  • Sampling
  • Standards
  • Statistical Sampling
  • Statistical Tests
  • Stochastic Processes

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