monte carlo method

Monte Carlo method

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noun monte carlo method a technique for numerically approximating the solution of a mathematical problem by studying the distribution of some random variable, often generated by a computer. 1
noun monte carlo method a heuristic mathematical technique for evaluation or estimation of intractable problems by probabilistic simulation and sampling 0
noun monte carlo method a technique for obtaining an approximate solution to certain mathematical and physical problems, characteristically involving the replacement of a probability distribution by sample values and usually done on a computer 0

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

First recorded in 1945-50; alluding to the randomness of such a method, as characteristic of the games of chance played at Monte Carlo

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