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Uncertainty and risk are issues that virtually every business analyst must deal with, sooner or later. The consequences of not properly estimating and dealing with risk can be devastating. There’s a ...

Vector computers provide a new tool for management scientists. The application of that tool requires thinking in vector mode. This mode is examined in the context of Monte Carlo experiments with ...

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Monte Carlo simulations predict investment risks and rewards using varied scenarios. You can operate Monte Carlo simulations with tools like online calculators and spreadsheets. These simulations aid ...

Researchers have developed a highly efficient method to investigate systems with long-range interactions that were previously puzzling to experts. These systems can be gases or even solid materials ...

A second classical approach to studying retirement withdrawal rates is to use Monte Carlo simulations that are parameterized to the same historical data used in historical simulations. This can be ...

We consider the recently introduced Transformation-based Markov Chain Monte Carlo (TMCMC) (Stat. Methodol. 16 (2014) 100–116), a methodology that is designed to update all the parameters ...

Monte Carlo Simulations are a modeling tool used to simulate reality and calculate probabilities of a portfolio supporting a certain withdrawal rate. With the market collapse of 2008, however, many ...