| ▲ | Monte-Carlo Simulations(eli.thegreenplace.net) | |
| 32 points by ibobev 3 days ago | 3 comments | ||
| ▲ | theOGognf 28 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
Those interested in this should read about DSMC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_simulation_Monte_Carlo. It’s the same idea for low density gas interactions without having to actually simulate all the particles involved while still getting accurate results. Cool stuff! | ||
| ▲ | hingler36 14 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
There's been a lot of interesting work in the last ~decade on improving monte-carlo methods for solving PDEs, the field is really fascinating! | ||
| ▲ | alexpotato 26 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> After running 10 million simulated draws, I got an answer of 0.0323, which matches the real answer very closely. If you enjoyed reading about how you can approximate complex statistical values using basic programming, I highly recommend Jake Vanderplas "Statistics for Hackers" [0][1]. It converts the sometimes hard to grok statistics terms and formulas into some very simple loops and basic operations. Can't recommend it enough. 0 - https://speakerdeck.com/pycon2016/jake-vanderplas-statistics... | ||