Jerry, You can use the reverse Monte Carlo method for distributing a population. i.e use the random allocations to place your population nodes. The methodology is straight forward and it uses all the Monte Carlo methods for distribution.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerry Wolper Sent: 19 June 2014 00:06 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [NF] Looking for name of algorithm > Malcolm, > It is very closely linked with something called the "Monte Carlo > Method" of sampling (even though you are distributing no sampling) but > the concepts are the same. Now I'm confused. I thought Monte Carlo was estimating a distribution by running (or simulating) the function many times and generating a set of results. This doesn't strike me as a particularly useful way to allocate results evenly to buckets, especially if you already have the actual distribution. -Jerry [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
