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Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by Florin_Andrei on Friday July 07, 2017 @02:25PM (#14720770)
In the computer age, I am used to methods like this using huge numbers of samples to calculate the result.

How was this done before computers?

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Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by infinite8s on Friday July 07, 2017 @02:39PM (#14720902)
The theoretical validation of these methods drove much of the early development of computing in the 1930s (as a way to compute Monte Carlo estimates.)
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