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Lab 1. Calculation of the value of Simple, Brute-Force, Hit-and-Miss Monte Carlo

Method

Question 1 (Formulation of the problem = Restatement of the last page).

On computer, this problem can be formulated as obtaining the average (or expectation value) of an observable O over M instantaneous Oi values at each microstate (xi, yi) (i = 1 to M).

(1)What values can Oi take?

(2) How does the value of Oi depend on (xi, yi)?

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Lab 1. Calculation of the value of Simple, Brute-Force, Hit-and-Miss Monte Carlo

Method

Question 1 (Formulation of the problem = Restatement of the last page).

On computer, this problem can be formulated as obtaining the average (or expectation value) of an observable O over M instantaneous Oi values at each microstate (xi, yi) (i = 1 to M).

(1)What values can Oi take?

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estimation,when we don’t know the true value of what we estimate?

Lab 1. Calculation of the value of Question 10.But, what if we move onto a very complex problem? Each estimation (simulation) with M trials becomes so time-consuming that we couldn’t afford to running the simulation many times. What should we do in this case?

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