Digital Dice: Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems

by Paul J. Nahin

Book Overview

Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in which a random-number generator simulates a physical process, such as a million rolls of a pair of dice. This is what Digital Dice is all about: how to get numerical answers to difficult probability problems without having to solve complicated mathematical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691126984
• ISBN13: 9780691126982
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"