Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/03/12/00:14:11
Paul Derbyshire wrote:
>
> Francois Charton (deef AT pobox DOT oleane DOT com) writes:
> > In many scientific applications using random numbers (I think the
> > poster was talking about Monte Carlo integration), there is a double
> > problem : you need randomness, but you also need your calculations
> > to be repeatable. This makes non repeatable generators, like white
> > noise chips,less useful in such cases.
>
> Why? Real life gamblling at Monte Carlo is certainly not dependent on
> being repeatable.
> Far from it!
>
do you know what 'monte carlo integration' is? i am not going to in to
details, but will point out that __any__ scientific computation you make
needs not only to be well defined, accurate etc but also be repeatable
by other people using the exact same methods and data. otherwise, anyone
can claim anything.
so, no, obviously scientific computing is not mean to be gambling in
monte carlo.
-- Sinan
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