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View SchemaPractical Guide to Monte Carlo
| Authors | S. Jadach |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9906056 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9906056 |
Abstract
I show how to construct Monte Carlo algorithms (programs), prove that they are correct and document them. Complicated algorithms are build using a handful of elementary methods. This construction process is transparently illustrated using graphical representation in which complicated graphs consist of only several elementary building blocks. In particular I discuss the equivalent algorithms, that is different MC algorithms, with different arrangements of the elementary building blocks, which generate the same final probability distribution. I also show how to transform a given MC algorithm into another equivalent one and discuss advantages of the various ``architectures''.
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