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The Monte Carlo Method
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We shall present here the motivation and a general description of a method dealing with a class of problems in mathematical physics. The method is, essentially, a statistical approach to the study of differential equations, or more generally, of integro-differential equations that occur in various branches of the natural sciences.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Metropolis, N., & Ulam, S.
- Affiliations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
- Venue
- Journal of the American Statistical Association
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1949-09
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 247
- Pages
- 335-341
- ISSN
- 0162-1459 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-274X
- OpenAlex
- W2051203581
- Cited by
- 6,474
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 8.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Statistical Association (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Numerical Analysis › Mathematical Approximation and Integration
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Condensed Matter Physics › Theoretical and Computational Physics
- Keywords
- Monte Carlo methods, integro-differential equations, mathematical physics, numerical solution of partial differential equations
- MeSH terms
- Biometry, Humans, Monte Carlo Method, Statistics as Topic
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