Stochastic Simulation in Physics

  • Authors:
  • P. K. Mackeown

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Stochastic Simulation in Physics
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

From the Publisher:Monte Carlo methods have developed into a powerful technique in the important and rapidly expanding discipline of Computational Physics. Stochastic Simulation in Physics draws together material from widely scattered sources, and presents it at a level accessible to the advanced undergraduate in the physical sciences. Graduate students and researchers who have not been exposed to the material will also find it of much value. A systematic account of estimation using random variables, as well as the generation and properties of such variables, is given. By way of numerous examples, emphasis is placed on physical systems which are simple enough to solve on a personal computer, but at the same time introduce most of the subtleties which are encountered in production runs in research. In many cases, new insights into the physics underlying the phenomena are obtained from the method of solution employed. Beyond the chapters on basics, considerable flexibility in the use of the book is provided. Several end-of-chapter exercises have also been appended.