Stochastic Simulation

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". . .this is a very competently written and useful addition to the statistical literature; a book every statistician should look at and that many should study!"
―Short Book Reviews, International Statistical Institute

". . .reading this book was an enjoyable learning experience. The suggestions and recommendations on the methods [make] this book an excellent reference for anyone interested in simulation. With its compact structure and good coverage of material, it [is] an excellent textbook for a simulation course."
―Technometrics

". . .this work is an excellent comprehensive guide to simulation methods, written by a very competent author. It is especially recommended for those users of simulation methods who want more than a 'cook book'. "
―Mathematics Abstracts

This book is a comprehensive guide to simulation methods with explicit recommendations of methods and algorithms. It covers both the technical aspects of the subject, such as the generation of random numbers, non-uniform random variates and stochastic processes, and the use of simulation. Supported by the relevant mathematical theory, the text contains a great deal of unpublished research material, including coverage of the analysis of shift-register generators, sensitivity analysis of normal variate generators, analysis of simulation output, and more.

BRIAN D. RIPLEY, PhD, is Professor of Applied Statistics at University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is also a member of the International Statistical Institute. He is the author of Spatial Statistics, which was published by Wiley in 1981.