What some puzzling problems teach about the theory of simulation and the use of resampling.


Authors: 
Julian L. SIMON
Volume: 
48(4)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
1994
Publisher: 
the American Statistician
URL: 
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-1305%28199411%2948%3A4%3C290%3AWSPPTA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z
Abstract: 

Simulation is simpler intellectually than the formulaic<br>method because it does not require that one calculate the<br>number of points in the entire sample space and the number<br>of points in some subset. Instead, one directly samples<br>the ratio. This article presents probabilistic problems<br>that confound even skilled statisticians when attacking the<br>problems deductively, yet are easy to handle correctly, and<br>become clear intuitively, with physical simulation. This<br>analogy demonstrates the usefulness of simulation in the<br>form of resampling methods.

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