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Monte Carlo Method

"Monte Carlo Method" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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In statistics, a technique for numerically approximating the solution of a mathematical problem by studying the distribution of some random variable, often generated by a computer. The name alludes to the randomness characteristic of the games of chance played at the gambling casinos in Monte Carlo. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Monte Carlo Method" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Monte Carlo Method" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 72 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2012 and 2017 and 2020
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