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Descriptor English: Monte Carlo Method
Descriptor Spanish: Método de Montecarlo
Descriptor método de Monte Carlo
Scope note: Técnica estadística para estimar numéricamente la solución de un problema matemático mediante el estudio de la distribución de algunas variables aleatorias, frecuentemente generadas mediante ordenador. Esta denominación hace referencia a las características aleatorias de los juegos de azar que se practican en los casinos de juego de Monte Carlo (Traducción libre del original: Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993)
Descriptor Portuguese: Método de Monte Carlo
Descriptor French: Méthode de Monte Carlo
Tree number(s): E05.318.740.525
L01.906.394.422
N05.715.360.750.540
N06.850.520.830.525
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009010
Scope note: In statistics, a technique for numerically approximating the solution of a mathematical problem by studying the distribution of some random variable, often generated by a computer. The name alludes to the randomness characteristic of the games of chance played at the gambling casinos in Monte Carlo. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 28176
Unique ID: D009010
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/03
Méthode de Monte Carlo - Preferred
Concept UI M0014048
Preferred term Méthode de Monte Carlo



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