| Herzog & Lord's
Applications of Monte Carlo Methods to Finance and Insurance by GAUSS |
Chapter 2 Generating Random Digits and Uniform Random Numbers over (0,1)
- 2.3.1 Linear Congruential Random Number Generators
- 2.3.2 Multiplicative Congruential Random Number Generators
- 2.3.2.1 RANDU
- 2.3.2.2 GGL
- 2.3.2.3 Comparing RANDU and GGL
- 2.3.2.4 A Deficiency of Multiplicative Congruential Generators
- Bays-Durham shuffling
Chapter 3 The Inversion Method of Generating Random Numbers from Continuous and Discrete Distributions
- 3.1.1 The Exponential Distribution
- 3.1.2 The Beta Distribution, B(alpha,1)
- 3.1.3 The Beta Distribution, B(1,beta)
- 3.1.4 The Logistic Distribution
- 3.1.5 The Cauchy Distribution
- 3.1.6 The Pareto Distribution
- 3.1.7 The Weibull Distribution
- 3.2.1 Examples of the Table Look-up Method
- 3.2.1.1 The Discrete Uniform Distribution
- 3.2.1.2 The Bernoulli Distribution, Bin(1,p)
- 3.2.3 The Binomial Distribution, Bin(n,p)
- 3.2.3.1 Table Look-up for the Binomial Distribution
- 3.2.3.2 Modified Table Look-up for the Binomial Distribution
- 3.2.3.3 Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution
- 3.2.4 The Geometric Distribution (the discrete exponential)
- 3.2.4.1 Discretized Exponential Approach
- 3.2.4.2 Modified Table Look-up Approach (with recursion)
- 3.2.4.3 Tossing a Biased Coin Approach
- 3.2.5 The Negative Binomial Distribution
- 3.2.5.1 Modified Table Look-up Approach (with recursion)
- 3.2.5.2 Tossing a Biased Coin Approach
- 3.2.6 The Hypergeometric Distribution
- 3.2.7 The Poisson Distribution
- 3.2.7.1 Modified Table Look-up
- 3.2.7.2 Normal Approximation Approach
- 3.2.7.3 Exponential Interarrival Time Approach
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Chapter 4 Other Methods for Generating Random Numbers from Continuous and Discrete Distributions
- 4.1.1 The Polar Method for Generating
- 4.1.2 The Squeeze Method
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Chapter 5 Integral Estimation - Variance Reduction Techniques
Thomas N. Herzog and Graham Lord "Applications of Monte Carlo Methods to Finance and Insurance", ACTEX Pub. 2002 ISBN:1-56698-433-5.
Its Solutions Manual(Thin Booklet) ISBN:1-56698-443-2.
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