Titling this post was a challenge: The Engineer and the Mayonnaise was tempting, but I am reluctant thinking about what Googlers might be thinking if the search engines bring them here. No matter. The nameplate says “Tech, Biz and Open Source Brains,” and we will get around to all three here.
This post is about abundance, [...]
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Probabilities and Simulation: Shopping in Abundance
Book Review: Digital Dice Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems
I was blown away years ago when I first learned of Monte Carlo simulations and how they can be applied to big, serious problems. Reading Paul Nahin’s book, I realized the beauty of applying these techniques to everyday problems. Then I discovered Octave, the open source numerical programming language and alternative to Matlab. Now it [...]
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