Grid methods in simulation and random variate generation

DOI10.1007/BF02252735zbMath0584.65002OpenAlexW197807693MaRDI QIDQ1069659

Luc P. Devroye

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02252735

zbMATH Keywords

grid generationcompact setstorage requirementscar parking problemavoidance problemsdesign of fast generators for random variatesexpected time performance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probabilistic models, generic numerical methods in probability and statistics (65C20) Random number generation in numerical analysis (65C10) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N50)

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