Monte Carlo

cosmos 5th November 2018 at 4:35pm
Sampling Statistical inference

Probabilistic Numerical methods for finding numerical answers to main questions in probability and elsewhere.

Sampling (statistics). Selection of a subset of individuals from within a statistical population to estimate characteristics of the whole population.

Nice explorable

https://linbaba.wordpress.com/category/monte-carlo/

Independent and dependent sampling

Dependent sampling

Dependent sampling is often more computationally easy.

Markov chain Monte Carlo

Random walk Metropolis

Gibbs sampling

Hamiltonian Monte Carlo

Stan programming language

Monte Carlo approximation to Integrals