Computational Physics Resources: Basic Monte Carlo Methods

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This website contains a set of 7 simulations and accompanying worksheets that introduce a number of basic Monte Carlo techniques (e.g. generating and testing random sequences, simulating random walks and radioactive decay, and sampling according to a given distribution).

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.6 of Java (JRE).

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Last Modified: January 18, 2014

7 supplemental documents are available

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Random Number Generator Test Model
EJS model for the Random Number Generator Test worksheet.
download 1845kb .jar
Last Modified: August 16, 2014
previous versions

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Radioactive Decay And Poisson Statistics Model
EJS model for the Radioactive Decay And Poisson Statistics Model worksheet.
download 1613kb .jar
Last Modified: January 18, 2014

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Two-Dimensional Random Walk Model
EJS model for the Two-Dimensional Random Walk Model worksheet.
download 1802kb .jar
Last Modified: January 18, 2014

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Sampling Rejection Method Model
EJS model for the Sampling Rejection Method Model worksheet.
download 1791kb .jar
Last Modified: January 18, 2014

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Transformation Method Model
EJS model to accompany the Transformation Method worksheet.
download 1796kb .jar
Last Modified: January 18, 2014

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Combination Analytic-Rejection Method Model
EJS model to accompany the Combination Analytic-Rejection Method worksheet.
download 1720kb .jar
Last Modified: January 18, 2014

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Sampling Metropolis Method Model
EJS model to accompany the Sampling Metropolis Method worksheet.
download 1839kb .jar
Last Modified: January 18, 2014

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Mathematical Tools - Probability - Statistics Thermo & Stat Mech - General - Probability = Poisson Distribution = Probability Density = Random Walks	- Upper Undergraduate - Graduate/Professional - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Curriculum = Simulation

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License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:: Spencer Wheaton
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created January 6, 2014 by Spencer Wheaton
Record Updated:: August 16, 2014 by Wolfgang Christian
Other Collections:: The Open Source Physics

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