Approximating Integrals via Monte Carlo and Deterministic Methods: 20 (Oxford Statistical Science Series) - Hardcover

Evans, Michael; Swartz, Timothy

 
9780198502784: Approximating Integrals via Monte Carlo and Deterministic Methods: 20 (Oxford Statistical Science Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198502788 ISBN 13: 9780198502784
Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2000

Synopsis

This book is designed to introduce graduate students and researchers to the primary methods useful for approximating integrals. The emphasis is on those methods that have been found to be of practical use, and although the focus is on approximating higher- dimensional integrals the lower-dimensional case is also covered. Included in the book are asymptotic techniques, multiple quadrature and quasi-random techniques as well as a complete development of Monte Carlo algorithms. For the Monte Carlo section importance sampling methods, variance reduction techniques and the primary Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms are covered. This book brings these various techniques together for the first time, and hence provides an accessible textbook and reference for researchers in a wide variety of disciplines.

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About the Author

This book is designed to introduce graduate students and researchers to the primary methods used for approximating integrals. The emphasis is on those methods that have been found to be of practical use, and although the focus is on approximating higher-dimensional integrals, the lower-dimensional case is also covered.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
OUP Oxford
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198502788
ISBN 13 
9780198502784
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
298