Elements of Simulation
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 1984
Book
Paperback/Softback
366 pages
978-0-412-24590-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a guide to the elements of simulation in statistics, which will include developments and which may be used either as a teaching text or as a source of reference. It is widely used for teaching statistics in schools.
Reviews / Votes
"This book can be strongly recommended to anyone who needs to generate random variables... it is both a well-written textbook and a genuine work of reference."-Biometrics
"... a very readable book... the basic tools of simulation are excellently explained and nicely illustrated with interesting examples."
-Journal of Operational Research
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
556 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-412-24590-9 (9780412245909)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Byron J.T. Morgan
Elements of Simulation
E-Book
12/2018
1st Edition
Routledge
€205.99
Available for download
Byron J.T. Morgan
Elements of Simulation
Book
04/2018
1st Edition
CRC Press
€297.11
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
Content
1. Introduction 2. Some Probability and Statistics Revision 3. Generating Uniform Random Variables 4. Particular Methods for Non-uniform Random Variables 5. General Methods for Non-uniform Random Variables 6. Testing Random Numbers 7. Variance Reduction and Integral Estimation 8. Model Construction and Analysis 9. Further Examples and Applications