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		<title>Monte Carlo: part 23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is another part of the Fifty Problems series, a set of example applications of Monte Carlo methods. In each post, I present source code which answers a probabilistic question using simulated models of the underlying system.) Problem 37: We need $40 to get on the bus home from Vegas tomorrow, but are down to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monte Carlo: part 22</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is another part of the Fifty Problems series, a set of example applications of Monte Carlo methods. In each post, I present source code which answers a probabilistic question using simulated models of the underlying system.) Problem 39: a set of glass rods, with one end blue-dotted and the other red-dotted, are dropped. Many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.appliedplatonics.com/2010/08/31/monte-carlo-part-22/</link>
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		<title>Monte Carlo: part 21</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is another part of the Fifty Problems series, a set of example applications of Monte Carlo methods. In each post, I present source code which answers a probabilistic question using simulated models of the underlying system.) Problem 43: A bar is broken at random in two places. Find the average length of the shortest, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.appliedplatonics.com/2010/08/28/monte-carlo-part-21/</link>
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		<title>Monte Carlo: part 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is another part of the Fifty Problems series, a set of example applications of Monte Carlo methods. In each post, I present source code which answers a probabilistic question using simulated models of the underlying system.) Problem 42: If a stick is broken in two at random, what is the average length of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.appliedplatonics.com/2010/08/25/monte-carlo-part-20/</link>
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		<title>Monte Carlo: part 19</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is another part of the Fifty Problems series, a set of example applications of Monte Carlo methods. In each post, I present source code which answers a probabilistic question using simulated models of the underlying system.) Problem 46: As in 45, but this time: what is the probability of r matches? #!/usr/bin/env ruby TRIALS=1000000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.appliedplatonics.com/2010/08/22/monte-carlo-part-19/</link>
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		<title>Monte Carlo: part 18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is another part of the Fifty Problems series, a set of example applications of Monte Carlo methods. In each post, I present source code which answers a probabilistic question using simulated models of the underlying system.) Problem 45: Let us shuffle two decks of cards and lay them out in two lines, one over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.appliedplatonics.com/2010/08/19/monte-carlo-part-18/</link>
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		<title>Monte Carlo: part 17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is another part of the Fifty Problems series, a set of example applications of Monte Carlo methods. In each post, I present source code which answers a probabilistic question using simulated models of the underlying system.) Problem 35: After imbibing a few too many, a drunk man finds himself stumbling at the edge of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.appliedplatonics.com/2010/08/16/monte-carlo-part-17/</link>
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		<title>Monte Carlo: part 16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is another part of the Fifty Problems series, a set of example applications of Monte Carlo methods. In each post, I present source code which answers a probabilistic question using simulated models of the underlying system.) Problem 20: in a stepwise, three cornered duel between Adam, Bryan, and Costello, what should Adam&#8217;s strategy be? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.appliedplatonics.com/2010/08/13/monte-carlo-part-16/</link>
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		<title>Monte Carlo: part 15</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is another part of the Fifty Problems series, a set of example applications of Monte Carlo methods. In each post, I present source code which answers a probabilistic question using simulated models of the underlying system.) Problem 19: Which is most likely: a) at least 1 six when rolling 6 dice, b) at least [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.appliedplatonics.com/2010/08/10/monte-carlo-part-15/</link>
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		<title>Monte Carlo: part 14</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is another part of the Fifty Problems series, a set of example applications of Monte Carlo methods. In each post, I present source code which answers a probabilistic question using simulated models of the underlying system.) Problem 18: What&#8217;s the probability of getting 50 tails in 100 toin cosses? #!/usr/bin/env ruby # This is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.appliedplatonics.com/2010/08/07/monte-carlo-part-14/</link>
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