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WSC
2004
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On Using Monte Carlo Methods for Scheduling
Monte Carlo techniques have long been used (since Buffon's experiment to approximate the value of by tossing a needle onto striped paper) to analyze phenomena which, due to ...
Samarn Chantaravarapan, Ali K. Gunal, Edward J. Wi...
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WSC
1997
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Comparison of Monte Carlo and Deterministic Methods for Non-Adaptive Optimization
In this paper we compare the average performance of Monte Carlo methods for global optimization with non-adaptive deterministic alternatives. We analyze the behavior of the algori...
Hisham A. Al-Mharmah, James M. Calvin
FPL
2008
Springer
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FPGA acceleration of Monte-Carlo based credit derivative pricing
In recent years the financial world has seen an increasing demand for faster risk simulations, driven by growth in client portfolios. Traditionally many financial models employ Mo...
Alexander Kaganov, Paul Chow, Asif Lakhany
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WSC
2004
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Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Finance
We review the basic principles of Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) methods, the randomizations that turn them into variancereduction techniques, and the main classes of constructions under...
Pierre L'Ecuyer
ACG
2009
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Evaluation Function Based Monte-Carlo LOA
Recently, Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) has advanced the field of computer Go substantially. In the game of Lines of Action (LOA), which has been dominated in the past by αβ, M...
Mark H. M. Winands, Yngvi Björnsson