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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This text 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, with the focus on approximating higher-dimensional integrals although lower is also covered.
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1. Introduction ; 2. Some basic tools ; 3. Algorithms for sampling from distributions ; 4. Approximating integrals via asymptotics ; 5. Multiple quadrature ; 6. Importance sampling ; 7. Markov Chain methods
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First book to cover all techniques in one volume.
Makes methods accessible to students rather than specialist researchers.
Covers enough material to allow readers to design their own algorithms.
First book to cover all techniques in one volume.
Makes methods accessible to students rather than specialist researchers.
Covers enough material to allow readers to design their own algorithms.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780198502784
Publisert
2000
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
559 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
298