TY - BOOK AU - Rubinstein,Reuven Y. AU - Kroese,Dirk P. ED - Wiley InterScience (Online service) TI - Simulation and the monte carlo method T2 - Wiley series in probability and statistics SN - 9780470230381 AV - QA298 .R8 2008eb U1 - 518.282 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley KW - Monte Carlo method KW - Digital computer simulation KW - MATHEMATICS KW - Numerical Analysis KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Previous edition: published as by Reuven Y. Rubenstein. 1981; Includes bibliographical references and index; SIMULATION AND THE MONTE CARLO METHOD; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Preliminaries; 2 Random Number, Random Variable, and Stochastic Process Generation; 3 Simulation of Discrete-Event Systems; 4 Statistical Analysis of Discrete-Event Systems; 5 Controlling the Variance; 6 Markov Chain Monte Carlo; 7 Sensitivity Analysis and Monte Carlo Optimization; 8 The Cross-Entropy Method; 9 Counting via Monte Carlo; Appendix; Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Symbols; Index N2 - A resource for understanding the power behind Monte Carlo Methods. It introduces and explains most ideas by way of concrete examples, algorithms, and practical experiments UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470230381 ER -