Talk:Monte Carlo method
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Hello. The current revision says "It's well known that Monte Carlo methods were central to the simulations required for the Manhattan Project." Since there weren't electronic computers, how were the simulations carried out? Who was responsible for setting them up? Since the publications generally used to establish credit for the method date from the 50's, it seems this sentence needs to be clarified. Happy editing, Wile E. Heresiarch 15:11, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- I'm not sure of the details, most of the article is paraphrased from the referenced textbook and I don't remember it saying anything more about it. However I know Fermi's work with neutrons was pre-electronic computing. Apparently he used a mechanical calculator (like a Comptometer or similar). I'm not sure what he used for a random number source. -- Tim Starling 23:06, Mar 4, 2004 (UTC)
Just querying whether 'To be written' should be in the article, or here? Something I've been thinking about actually: Do we keep a strict dichotomy between wiki and metawiki (ie, the content, and writing about it) with their respective namespaces, OR do we do whichever is considered most efficient for improving the article? As always, just throwing ideas about. nsh 22:18, Mar 19, 2004 (UTC) (talk)
- In 2002 and before, to-do notes in articles were exceedingly popular. They're not so fashionable anymore but they're not against policy. -- Tim Starling 05:34, Mar 20, 2004 (UTC)
There's some advice to the effect that omissions should be noted. I find this unrealistic (in particular in mathematical topics, where completeness is unlikely, to say the least).
Charles Matthews 12:59, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)
What's wrong with including GAs? They are a reasonably good method for optimisation in many-dimensional spaces. -- Tim Starling 07:59, Mar 31, 2004 (UTC)
examples:
Hi can i submit a simulation example ?
nice page
thorough and fascinating. ✈ James C. 04:49, 2004 Aug 22 (UTC)