Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013)

Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by wfunction on Friday July 07, 2017 @03:33AM (#14716738)

Why is there so much written on Monte Carlo theory and (comparatively) hardly anything on Las Vegas theory?

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Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by jamesrom on Friday July 07, 2017 @03:41AM (#14716763)

Because what happens in Vegas... doesn't fit stochastic calculus.

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Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by musikele on Friday July 07, 2017 @05:57AM (#14717226)

HERO :D

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Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by mrow84 on Friday July 07, 2017 @07:01AM (#14717475)

Probably because there are lots of situations where getting an answer that is probabilistically correct in bounded time is useful, because the world is such a noisy place anyway.

Conversely, there are not so many situations where getting the correct answer within some probabilistic time is particularly useful, because humans live short lives, and need to get things done.

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Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by muyuu on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:00AM (#14717240)

Because the system is rigged, folks.

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Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by Mathnerd314 on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:34AM (#14717371)

Las Vegas is a city, the only theory it has is urban planning. Whereas Monte Carlo was a code name from the Manhattan Project.

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