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This volume is a collection of survey papers on recent developments
in the fields of quasi-Monte Carlo methods and uniform random
number generation. We will cover a broad spectrum of questions,
from advanced metric number theory to pricing financial
derivatives. The Monte Carlo method is one of the most important
tools of system modeling. Deterministic algorithms, so-called
uniform random number gen erators, are used to produce the input
for the model systems on computers. Such generators are assessed by
theoretical ("a priori") and by empirical tests. In the a priori
analysis, we study figures of merit that measure the uniformity of
certain high-dimensional "random" point sets. The degree of
uniformity is strongly related to the degree of correlations within
the random numbers. The quasi-Monte Carlo approach aims at
improving the rate of conver gence in the Monte Carlo method by
number-theoretic techniques. It yields deterministic bounds for the
approximation error. The main mathematical tool here are so-called
low-discrepancy sequences. These "quasi-random" points are produced
by deterministic algorithms and should be as "super" uniformly
distributed as possible. Hence, both in uniform random number
generation and in quasi-Monte Carlo methods, we study the
uniformity of deterministically generated point sets in high
dimensions. By a (common) abuse oflanguage, one speaks of random
and quasi-random point sets. The central questions treated in this
book are (i) how to generate, (ii) how to analyze, and (iii) how to
apply such high-dimensional point sets."
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