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Monte Carlo Methods Lecture Notes
Optimization
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Simulated Annealing
1
Welcome
2
Introduction to Monte Carlo Methods
Monte Carlo Estimation
3
Estimating
\(\pi\)
4
Estimating Integrals
Sampling Techniques
5
Random Number Generators
6
Discrete Distributions
7
Inverse Transform Sampling
8
Other Distributions
9
Rejection Sampling
10
Gibbs Sampling
11
Metropolis–Hastings Algorithm
12
Variance Reduction Techniques
Applications
13
Stochastic Differential Equations
14
Ising Model
16
Bootstrap
Advanced Topics
18
Particle Filters
Optimization
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References
Appendices
A
Review of Probability Theory
B
Markov Chains
Optimization
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Simulated Annealing
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Simulated Annealing
Author
Apurva Nakade
Published
August 2, 2025
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Optimization
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Cross Entropy Method