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Preferred Name

Monte Carlo Method

Synonyms

Method, Monte Carlo

Definitions

In statistics, a technique for numerically approximating the solution of a mathematical problem by studying the distribution of some random variable, often generated by a computer. The name alludes to the randomness characteristic of the games of chance played at the gambling casinos in Monte Carlo. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009010

altLabel

Method, Monte Carlo

cui

C0026507

DC

1

definition

In statistics, a technique for numerically approximating the solution of a mathematical problem by studying the distribution of some random variable, often generated by a computer. The name alludes to the randomness characteristic of the games of chance played at the gambling casinos in Monte Carlo. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993)

DX

19910101

HN

91(75); was see under OPERATIONS RESEARCH 1975-90

Machine permutation

91; was see under OPERATIONS RESEARCH 1975-90

MDA

19990101

MMR

20170703

MN

N06.850.520.830.525

E05.318.740.525

N05.715.360.750.540

L01.906.394.422

notation

D009010

OL

search OPERATIONS RESEARCH 1966-74

prefLabel

Monte Carlo Method

TERMUI

T026936

TH

NLM (1975)

tui

T081

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009874

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013223

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