This introduction to Monte Carlo methods and their applications emphasizes the unifying ideas that underlie the study and use of good methods. It discusses the importance of random walks both as they occur in natural stochastic systems, and in their relation to integral and differential equations. In addition, variance reduction and importance sampling as a technical means of achieving variance reduction are addressed.
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This introduction to Monte Carlo Methods seeks to identify and study the unifying elements that underlie their effective application. It focuses on two basic themes. The first is the importance of random walks as they occur both in natural stochastic systems and in their relationship to integral and differential equations. The second theme is that of variance reduction in general and importance sampling in particular as a technique for efficient use of the methods. Random walks are introduced with an elementary example in which the modelling of radiation transport arises directly from a schematic probabilistic description of the interaction of radiation with matter. Building on that example, the relationship between random walks and integral equations is outlined. The applicability of these ideas to other problems is shown by a clear and elementary introduction to the solution of the Schrodinger equation by random walks.
The detailed discussion of variance reduction includes Monte Carlo evaluation of finite–dimensional integrals. Special attention is given to importance sampling, partly because of its intrinsic interest in quadrature, partly because of its general usefulness in the solution of integral equations. One significant feature is that Monte Carlo Methods treats the "Metropolis algorithm" in the context of sampling methods, clearly distinguishing it from importance sampling.
Physicists, chemists, statisticians, mathematicians, and computer scientists will find Monte Carlo Methods a complete and stimulating introduction.
Malvin H. Kalos obtained his BS at Queens College and his MS and PhD at the University of Illinois. After holding a professorship of computer science and being the Director of the Ultracomputer Research Laboratory at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University, he accepted a post as a scientist at the Livermore National Laboratory. Professor Kalos received the Feenburg Memorial Award in 1989.
Paula A. Whitlock is Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. She received her BS at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and her PhD at Wayne State University. She was a research scientist for many years at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. Her research interests include the development of Monte Carlo methods and their application to the study of condensed matter systems. She is also interested in the development of applications in distributed computing.
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