Computational aspects of probability · Theory and simulation · Introduction

Introduction

What this guide covers

Introduction Computational treatment of chance

Overview

Introduction
Computational Aspects of Probability: from the analytical model to the algorithm
Floating point arithmetic and numerical stability
1.1 Operations in Logarithmic Space (Log-Space)
1.2 The Log-Sum-Exponential Trick in Code
Pseudo-random number generation (PRNG)

Related concepts

Compatible notation

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x = (-1)^s \times \left(1 + \sum_{i=1}^{52} b_i 2^{-i}\right) \times 2^{e - 1023}

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x = (-1)^s \times \left(1 + \sum_{i=1}^{52} b_i 2^{-i}\right) \times 2^{e - 1023}