Monte carlo methods

International Encyclopedia of Education

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 296-303

  Johansen, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estimation; Importance sampling; Integration; Monte carlo; Rejection sampling; Sampling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884428859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.01543-8     Document Type: Chapter

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