Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods in scientific computing. Proceedings of a conference at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 23-25, 1994 (Q1901723)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Caflisch, Russel E.; Moskowitz, Bradley}, Modified Monte Carlo methods using quasi-random sequences, 1-16 [Zbl 0831.65132] \textit{Fox, Bennett L.}, Simulated annealing: Folklore, facts, and directions, 17-48 [Zbl 0831.65065] \textit{Glynn, Peter W.}, To approaches to the initial transient problem., 49-57 [Zbl 1126.65301] \textit{Mullen, Gary L.; Mahalanabis, Arijit; Niederreiter, Harald}, Tables of \((t,m,s)\)-net and \((t,s)\)-sequence parameters, 58-86 [Zbl 0838.65004] \textit{Niederreiter, Harald}, New developments in uniform pseudorandom number and vector generation, 87-120 [Zbl 0893.11030] \textit{Spanier, Jerome}, Quasi-Monte Carlo methods for particle transport problems, 121-148 [Zbl 0831.65142] \textit{Calvin, James M.}, Non-adaptive coverings for optimization of Gaussian random fields, 149-157 [Zbl 0831.65061] \textit{Chen, C. S.}, The method of fundamental solutions and the quasi-Monte Carlo method for Poisson's equation, 158-167 [Zbl 0831.65130] \textit{Chen, Jian; Whitlock, Paula}, Implementation of a distributed pseudorandom number generator, 168-185 [Zbl 0831.65004] \textit{Chou, Wun-Seng; Niederreiter, Harald}, On the lattice test for inversive congruential pseudorandom numbers, 186-197 [Zbl 0843.11038] \textit{Faure, Henri}, Discrepancy lower bound in two dimensions, 198-204 [Zbl 0836.11025] \textit{Fox, Bennett L.; Heine, George W.}, Stable estimators for self-adjusting simulations, 205-212 [Zbl 0838.62071] \textit{Hickernell, Fred J.}, A comparison of random and quasirandom points for multidimensional quadrature, 213-227 [Zbl 0831.65023] \textit{Ho, Chih-Hsiang}, A simulation study of a change-point Poisson process based on two well-known test statistics, 228-238 [Zbl 0838.62066] \textit{Keller, Alexander}, A quasi-Monte-Carlo algorithm for the global illumination problem in the radiosity setting, 239-251 [Zbl 0836.68045] \textit{Larcher, Gerhard; Schmid, Wolfgang Ch.}, Multivariate Walsh series, digital nets and quasi-Monte Carlo integration, 252-262 [Zbl 0831.65018] \textit{Mascagni, Michael; Robinson, M. L.; Pryor, Daniel V.; Cuccaro, Steven A.}, Parallel pseudorandom number generation using additive lagged-Fibonacci recursions, 263-277 [Zbl 0843.11037] \textit{Moskowitz, Bradley}, Quasirandom diffusion Monte Carlo, 278-298 [Zbl 0831.65133] \textit{Owen, Art B.}, Randomly permuted \((t,m,s)\)-nets and \((t,s)\)-sequences, 299-317 [Zbl 0831.65024] \textit{Pang, Tao}, Quantum Monte Carlo simulation: Algorithm and applications, 318-332 [Zbl 0831.65134] \textit{Puppin Macedo, Antonini; Brasil, Antonio C. P. jun.}, A coupled Monte Carlo/explicit Euler method for the numerical simulation of a forest fire spreading model, 333-345 [Zbl 0831.65145] \textit{Schapiro, O.; Gross, D. H. E.; Ecker, A.}, Microcanonical Monte Carlo, 346-353 [Zbl 0831.65003] \textit{Warnock, Tony T.}, Computational investigations of low-discrepancy point sets. II, 354-361 [Zbl 0847.11037] \textit{Xiao, Yi-Jun}, Estimates for the volume of points of \((0,s)\)-sequences in base \(b\geq s\geq 2\), 362-372 [Zbl 0838.65015]