TY - BOOK AU - Rubinstein,Reuven Y. AU - Kroese,Dirk P. TI - Simulation and the Monte Carlo method T2 - Wiley series in probability and statistics SN - 9781118632161 U1 - 519.282 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New Jersey : PB - John Wiley KW - Monte Carlo method KW - Digital computer simulation KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Sampling (Statistics) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Preliminaries -- 2. Random number, Random variable, and stochastic process generation -- 3. Simulation of discrete-event systems -- 4. Statistical analysis of discrete-event systems -- 5. Controlling the variance -- 6. Markov chain Monte Carlo -- 7. Sensitivity analysis and Monte Carlo optimization -- 8. Cross-entropy method -- 9. Splitting method -- 10. Stochastic enumeration method -- Appendix N2 - Simulation and the Monte Carlo Method, Third Edition reflects the latest developments in the field and presents a fully updated and comprehensive account of the major topics that have emerged in Monte Carlo simulation since the publication of the classic First Edition over more than a quarter of a century ago. ER -